Ellie White
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Barboursville, West Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolEllie White is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and physicist with eight years of experience at the intersection of radio astronomy instrumentation, SETI research, and public science outreach. She has hands-on operational expertise with the Green Bank Telescope and Breakthrough Listen backend, and has contributed to real-time SETI search implementations and RFI characterization. A serial founder and nonprofit leader, she co-founded Planet STEAMWorks and helped launch WV AllSTAR to bring STEM and the arts to West Virginia communities. Ellie also runs a small business producing science-themed educational dolls, blending entrepreneurship with creative science communication. Her work spans rigorous research—reflected in a Google Scholar profile and contributions to GBT pointing and metrology publications—and grassroots education, making advanced radio astronomy accessible to students and hobbyists. Based in Barboursville, WV, she combines technical troubleshooting, instrument operations, and outreach to bridge research and public engagement in astronomy.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Physics, Master's degree, Physics at Marshall UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at High School
Github Skills (19)
gnu9
gnuradio8
wireless8
cybersecurity6
python6
dac6
communications5
ecosystem4
pulsar3
classify2
mls2
cloning2
numba2
machine-learning1
orbital-mechanics1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ewhite42/Small-Loop-Antenna
Aug 2017 - Mar 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
OpenSourceRadioTelescopes/Small-Loop-Antenna
Jul 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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