Carter Rhea
Editor In Chief at Dragonfly FRO
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolCarter Rhea is an Editor in Chief and computationally-minded astrophysicist with eight years of experience bridging research software, large-scale scientific computing, and AI. He recently completed a PhD in observational astrophysics at Université de Montréal after earning an MS in computational mechanics from Duke, and has built data reduction and analysis pipelines for the Dragonfly Telescopic Array while contributing editorial leadership at pyOpenSci. His background blends hands-on algorithmic development (reduction pipelines, scientific software consulting) with roles in industry AI and medical-technology teams, reflecting an ability to move research code into robust, production-ready tools. Based in Montreal, he pairs deep domain expertise in astronomy and applied mathematics with practical software engineering practice and a track record of coordinating cross-disciplinary projects. An unusual strength is his simultaneous fluency in cutting-edge observational techniques and scalable scientific computing, enabling him to translate telescope data needs into maintainable software.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computational Mechanics and Scientific Computing, Master of Science - MS Computational Mechanics and Scientific Computing at Duke UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics at Université de MontréalBachelor's degree Astronomy and Astrophysics, Bachelor's degree Astronomy and Astrophysics at College of Charleston
French, Spanish, English, German
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Github Skills (67)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
crhea93/Valence
Aug 2020 - Jul 2023
Valence software tool
Contributions:4 PRs, 115 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 11 months
valence
atecza/CAM_binder
Feb 2021 - May 2023
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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