Cherry Ng
Project Scientist at University of Toronto
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolCherry Ng is a Project Scientist with a decade of experience in radio astronomy and pulsar research, currently based in Toronto and contributing to NANOGrav's effort to detect gravitational waves. She discovered 60 previously unknown pulsars during her PhD at the Max Planck Institute, developed novel search algorithms, and led major telescope and compute proposals that secured substantial observing and CPU hours. Her postdoctoral work has spanned commissioning the CHIME telescope and integrating pulsar timing across international collaborations, blending hands-on instrumentation, data analysis, and large-scale project coordination. Comfortable bridging academia and large facilities, she has a proven track record of securing resources, delivering high-impact discoveries, and presenting results globally.
10 years of coding experience
High School, High School at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College, UKUniversity College London
French, English, Chinese, Chinese, German, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
quantile10
data-processing9
pipeline9
high-performance9
python2
pulsar2
numba1
controller1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cherryng/Data-visualization
May 2016 - Jun 2023
Contributions:58 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 2 months
cherryng/NenuFAR_FRB
Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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