Charles-philippe Lajoie
Manager - Roman Telescope Branch at Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolCharles-philippe Lajoie is a scientist and engineering manager with 11 years of experience specializing in the operations and in-orbit alignment of segmented space telescopes, now leading the Roman Telescope Branch at the Space Telescope Science Institute. He combines hands-on astronomical optics expertise with exploratory data science and machine learning to model telescope behavior and optimize on-orbit procedures. Previously deputy manager of the Telescopes Branch and an astronomical optics scientist, he bridges operational leadership and technical depth across mission-critical activities. Trained with a doctorate from McMaster and advanced degrees from Université de Montréal, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor and practical systems engineering. Based in Baltimore, he is known for translating complex optical alignment challenges into data-driven operational strategies that improve telescope performance.
11 years of coding experience
Doctorate, Doctorate at McMaster UniversityM.Sc., M.Sc. at Université de MontréalUndergraduate Attestation, Undergraduate Attestation at TÉLUQ / UQAM
Github Skills (42)
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orbital-mechanics9
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astrodynamics9
propagation8
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Skyhawk172/webbpsf
Mar 2021 - Dec 2024
James Webb Space Telescope PSF simulation tool
Contributions:1 PR, 78 pushes, 14 branches in 3 years 10 months
pythonpsfsimulation-toolastrodynamicssimulation
Skyhawk172/mirage
Oct 2020 - Feb 2023
This code can be used to generate simulated NIRCam, NIRISS, or FGS data
Contributions:41 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 4 months
nircamniriss
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