Erik Rosolowsky
Professor, Associate Chair
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolErik Rosolowsky is a Professor and Associate Chair of Physics at the University of Alberta with over a decade of experience researching star formation and leading academic programs in science and computing. He combines deep astrophysics expertise (PhD from UC Berkeley) with practical skills in numerical simulation, image processing, data science, and technical writing to tackle Big Data visualization and analysis challenges in astronomy and beyond. Erik has a strong track record mentoring students from first-year undergraduates to PhD candidates and building tools that bridge research and education. His career spans top institutions including UBC and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, reflecting sustained independent research funding and fellowship-level recognition. Colleagues describe him wryly on GitHub as “just this guy,” which belies a reputation for quietly shipping robust computational solutions and reproducible science. Based in Edmonton, he blends rigorous academic scholarship with pragmatic software and data practices that scale to large astronomical datasets.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's Degree, Astrophysics, Highest Honors, Bachelor's Degree, Astrophysics, Highest Honors at Swarthmore College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (45)
infrared10
resampling10
imaging9
python9
statistics9
survey9
casa8
spectral8
astronomy8
image-processing8
code-visualization7
pipeline7
orbit7
dendrogram6
data-structures6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
low-sky/low-sky.github.io
Jul 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:218 pushes in 2 years 10 months
jekyll-blogjekylljekyll-thememinutes
low-sky/spectral-cube
May 2015 - Feb 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
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