Christopher Burke
Data Analyst - High Temperature Superconductor Production
Boxborough, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Burke is a data analyst and PhD-trained astrophysicist with 11 years of experience turning complex, high-dimensional scientific data into actionable insight. He has led analysis for space- and ground-based imaging programs at institutions including MIT, the SETI Institute, and the Space Telescope Science Institute, and now applies that expertise to high-temperature superconductor production at Commonwealth Fusion Systems. His technical strengths include MCMC-based parameter estimation, advanced numerical methods, and rigorous statistical modeling applied to noisy, real-world measurements. Comfortable communicating results to peers and stakeholders, he bridges academic research rigor with industrial production challenges. Based in Boxborough, MA, he brings a rare combination of astronomical instrumentation know‑how and hands-on data science to problems where measurement fidelity and uncertainty quantification are critical.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Astronomy and Physics, BS, Astronomy and Physics at Yale UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at The Ohio State University
English
Github Skills (22)
coordinates10
targets9
pixel8
planet8
python-bindings7
catalog6
multidimensional-arrays6
manifold5
astronomy4
astrophysics4
discovery4
python4
cpp3
broadcasting3
k23
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
christopherburke/TESS-ExoClass
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:11 releases, 22 commits, 110 pushes in 1 month
christopherburke/KeplerPORTs
Apr 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:13 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
keplerplanet
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