Benjamin Weiner
Staff Scientist at Steward Observatory
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Weiner is a Staff Scientist with 12+ years designing and operating astronomical instruments and observatory systems, combining hands-on commissioning at facilities like the MMT with research using space and ground observatories (Spitzer, Hubble, Herschel, ALMA). He builds and maintains data reduction pipelines, automations, and operations software while leading survey programs on galaxy evolution, dwarf galaxies, and infrared space observations. Experienced in proposal development and mentoring junior researchers, he bridges instrumentation, observational campaigns, and statistical analysis to deliver usable scientific systems. Based in Tucson, he also applies his interest in satellite characterization to operational challenges, a practical thread that links optics, software, and orbiting hardware.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics at Rutgers University-New BrunswickBachelor's degree, Physics; English Literature, Bachelor's degree, Physics; English Literature at Swarthmore College
Github Skills (19)
astronomy10
core-library10
ccd9
python9
astrophysics9
orbital-mechanics9
astropy9
science9
observation7
robotics7
collector4
reduction3
scaling2
mass-spectrometry2
cosmology2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bjweiner/arxiv_tagger
May 2017 - Jul 2022
Contributions:8 pushes in 5 years 3 months
bjweiner/MMT
Mar 2018 - Jul 2026
Contributions:106 pushes, 1 branch, 3 comments in 8 years 5 months
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