Emily Petroff
Chief Of Staff at Perimeter Institute
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolEmily Petroff is a strategic leader and scientist with 10+ years translating cutting-edge astrophysics research into large-scale projects, operations, and partnerships. As Chief of Staff at Perimeter Institute she streamlines cross-functional collaboration and stewards strategic academic and industry relationships, bringing institutional change-management experience from multiple senior roles there. Trained as a PhD astrophysicist who helped establish the fast radio burst field, she combines technical credibility with programme management—having led CHIME/FRB construction, multi-site telescope deployments, and large international collaborations. Emily is skilled at navigating government and funding ecosystems, building grants and reporting frameworks while shepherding diverse teams of students, technologists, and senior investigators. She is known for inclusive leadership that elevates underheard voices and for turning complex scientific goals into measurable operational outcomes. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, she blends deep domain expertise with a proven track record of building partnerships that connect labs to industry and government.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
The University of SydneyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at Swinburne University of TechnologyBachelor of Arts, Physics, Bachelor of Arts, Physics at Carleton CollegeOregon Episcopal School
French, English
Github Skills (4)
software-defined-radio9
gnuradio8
filemaker8
audio8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
ebpetroff/FRB_VOEvent
Feb 2017 - Sep 2019
A VOEvent standard for fast radio bursts
Contributions:27 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
software-defined-radioaudiofast-radio-burstsgnuradioradio
ebpetroff/Fun-stuff
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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