Eric Bellm
Research Associate Professor
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorEric Bellm is an astrophysicist and research associate professor at the University of Washington with 14 years of experience building ground- and space-based instruments and leading large survey operations. He currently leads Alert Production Science at the Rubin Observatory, where he blends scientific rigor with operational engineering to deliver real-time transient alerts at scale. Based in Seattle, he bridges observational astronomy, instrumentation, and software systems to turn high-volume data streams into actionable science. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he pairs academic research with hands-on implementation—bringing survey design and production pipelines into operational maturity.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (139)
notebook10
meteorology10
spin10
ipython10
telescope10
latex10
maf10
logic10
jupyter10
census10
alerts10
removal10
square10
tex10
avro9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
lsst-dm/dmtn-118
May 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:3 PRs, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
lsst-pst/pstn-021
Jan 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 11 pushes, 8 branches in 5 years 2 months
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