Earl Bellinger
Assistant Professor at Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolEarl Bellinger is an assistant professor and computational astrophysicist with 12 years of experience bridging stellar astrophysics, asteroseismology, and machine learning. He combines rigorous PhD training in computer science and astrophysics with postdoctoral research at leading institutes (Max Planck, Stellar Astrophysics Centre) to develop statistical and automated-computing approaches for probing stellar evolution and variable stars. Known on GitHub as a "computational stargazer," he builds reproducible scientific software and applies modern ML and applied statistics to extract physical insight from time-series and seismic data. Based in New Haven, he blends deep technical fluency with interests in the philosophy and history of science, reflecting a reflective, systems-level approach to complex research problems.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science / Astrophysics, magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science / Astrophysics, magna cum laude at International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science / University of Göttingen / Yale UniversityMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.95/4.0, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.95/4.0 at Indiana University BloomingtonDual B.Sc., Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, 3.81/4.0 (summa cum laude), Dual B.Sc., Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, 3.81/4.0 (summa cum laude) at State University of New York at Oswego
English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, r, python, bash, latex
Github Skills (51)
cosmology10
astronomy10
orbital-mechanics10
stellar10
scala9
astrophysics9
fortran9
command-line-utility9
chess9
functional-programming9
astrodynamics9
lichess9
mongodb9
python8
wsl28
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
earlbellinger/earlbellinger.github.io
Sep 2016 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 819 pushes, 7 branches in 8 years 8 months
earlbellinger/mesa-summer-school-2022
Jul 2022 - Aug 2023
Contributions:1 release, 75 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 1 month
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