Dominic Ford
Research Associate
Cambridge, England, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolDominic Ford is an astronomy researcher and software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-throughput data systems for astrophysics and space missions. Based in Cambridge and affiliated with the Institute of Astronomy, he leads development of the Exoplanet Analysis System for ESA’s PLATO mission while previously applying machine learning to rapid stellar spectral analysis at Lund University. He founded in-the-sky.org to bring observational astronomy to the public, combining science communication with practical tooling. His work spans GPU-accelerated data processing for next-generation radio telescopes to production software for exoplanet science, blending deep academic training (PhD, Cambridge) with hands-on engineering. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves fluidly between research, open tools and outreach—turning complex astronomical data pipelines into usable systems for both scientists and the public.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (42)
astronomy10
pdf10
vector-graphics10
sky10
vector10
png10
utility-mod9
charts9
plato9
svg9
meteor-client9
camera9
command-line-tool9
system-analysis8
transit8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dcf21/ephemeris-compute-de405
Jul 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:21 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
dcf21/4most-4gp
Apr 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:213 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years
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