Floor Broekgaarden
Assistant Professor at UC San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolFloor Broekgaarden is an Assistant Professor in astrophysics at UC San Diego with nine years of research experience spanning PhD work at Harvard and postdoctoral and fellowship roles at Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and the Simons Foundation. Her expertise combines computational astrophysics, gravitational-wave science, and applied mathematics—including machine learning and uncertainty quantification—always with a strong emphasis on tying theory to observations. She has a track record of interdisciplinary, high-performance computing projects and international research fellowships across Europe and the US, from VLBI radio work to gamma-ray burst modeling. Known for blending beautiful mathematics with practical emulation and sampling techniques, she leverages statistical methods to extract astrophysical insight from record-breaking data.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9.2/10, Master of Science (MSc), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9.2/10 at University of AmsterdamDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and SciencesExchange, Astronomy and Mathematics, Exchange, Astronomy and Mathematics at Lund UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Montessori Lyceum Herman Jordan
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Github Skills (16)
synthesis10
compas10
cosmology10
diffraction10
hierarchical10
latex8
astronomy7
bibtex7
citations6
kernel-density4
statistics4
python3
exploratory-data-analysis3
react2
data-analysis2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
FloorBroekgaarden/hello-world
Feb 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
react
FloorBroekgaarden/Double-Compact-Object-Mergers
Mar 2021 - Jan 2026
Contributions:1 release, 223 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
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