Frederik De Ceuster
Research Scientist at Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolFrederik De Ceuster is a computational astrophysicist and research scientist at the Leuven Gravity Institute with nine years of experience building numerical models that connect theoretical predictions to astronomical observations. He holds a PhD in computational astrophysics from UCL and has developed Magritte, a modern 3D radiative transfer library used in astrophysics and cosmology research. Frederik’s work spans postdoctoral research at KU Leuven and project roles supporting HPC training and community engagement, combining deep numerical methods with practical software engineering. Based in Leuven, he blends theoretical physics training with hands-on code development to tackle complex, multi-scale simulation problems and translate them into observable diagnostics.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Physics (Theoretical Physics), Master of Science (MSc) Physics (Theoretical Physics) at KU LeuvenIndustriële Wetenschappen, Industriële Wetenschappen at Technisch Instituut Scheppers (Herentals)University College London
Github Skills (18)
simulation10
transport10
astrophysics10
radiation10
cpp8
open-access8
3d-reconstruction8
bayesian8
data-parallel8
journal8
creative-commons7
academia6
binderhub5
3d3
smoothed-particle-hydrodynamics3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Magritte-code/Paracabs
Sep 2020 - Feb 2023
Parallelization and acceleration abstractions for code and performance portability.
Contributions:4 PRs, 45 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 5 months
accelerationportabilityperformanceperformance-portabilityparallelization
Magritte-code/pomme
Mar 2023 - Oct 2025
Bayesian model reconstruction based on astronomical spectral line observations.
Contributions:18 releases, 4 PRs, 123 pushes in 2 years 7 months
bayesian3d-reconstructionastronomy-astrophysicsastronomy-softwareinterferometry
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