Christian Setzer
Research And Development Consultant at Savantic AB
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
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Top SchoolChristian Setzer is an R&D consultant at Savantic AB with eight years of experience applying algorithm development and full-stack software skills to energy-sector optimization and scientific problems. He holds a PhD in Observational Cosmology from Stockholm University, where his research focused on survey strategy optimization, kilonovae, and gravitational-wave detection, and he is a full member of the Rubin Observatory DESC. Comfortable moving between industry and academia, he translates complex numerical methods into production-ready code and teaches through course development. His background in aerospace engineering and hands-on experience with SPH modeling and flight test systems give him a rare blend of systems thinking and computational physics. Colleagues describe him as someone who reliably turns frontier research insights into deployable tools for real-world optimization.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Summa Cum Laude at Iowa State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Observational Cosmology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Observational Cosmology at Stockholm University
Github Skills (41)
open-science10
interpretation10
python10
astronomy10
signal-processing10
gravity10
wave10
physics10
core-package10
maf10
bayesian9
statistical-inference8
probabilistic-graphical-models8
classification7
bayesian-inference7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
LSSTDESC/astrotog
Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
ASTROphysical Transient Observation Generator
Contributions:1 release, 10 PRs, 329 pushes in 1 year 4 months
transientobservation
cnsetzer/redback
Apr 2022 - Mar 2024
A Bayesian inference software package for end-to-end fitting and interpretation of electromagnetic transients
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
electromagneticend-to-endbayesian-inferenceinferencestatistical-inference
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