Douglas Tucker
Applications Physicist
Aurora, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDouglas Tucker is an Applications Physicist with 18 years at Fermilab and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Yale, combining deep research experience with practical computational and experimental skills. He specializes in mathematical and computational modeling, experimental physics, and Python-driven analysis, applying academic rigor to solve complex instrumentation and data challenges. His career includes postdoctoral research in Germany and long-term work at a national lab, reflecting an ability to bridge international research environments and large-scale projects. Based in Aurora, Illinois, he brings a rare blend of astrophysics training and hands-on applied physics expertise that informs both software-driven modeling and laboratory experimentation.
18 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy at Yale UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics at New College of Florida
German
Github Skills (29)
binder10
hydrogen10
notebook9
jupyter-notebook9
vera8
jupyter8
spectra8
calibration7
census7
python7
delegates6
des6
meteorology6
hyphenation5
macros5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
DarkEnergySurvey/PSM
Mar 2008 - Aug 2014
Contributions:147 commits in 6 years 6 months
DouglasLeeTucker/SOAR_Goodman_QuickReduce
Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
Simple tool for quick-and-dirty processing and calibration of spectra from the SOAR-4m Goodman Spectrograph
Contributions:22 commits, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 6 months
soarspectrographcalibrationdirtyspectra
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