Gudmundur Stefansson
Program Scientist, Astrophysics & Space Institute Schmidt Sciences
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolGudmundur Stefansson is an astrophysicist and instrumentation specialist with 12 years of experience building next-generation tools to discover and characterize exoplanets. He has held competitive fellowships and research roles at Penn State and Princeton, including a NASA Sagan Fellowship and the Henry Norris Russell Postdoctoral Fellowship, and served as Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam before joining Schmidt Sciences as Program Scientist. His expertise spans experimental and observational astrophysics, precision detector work (including calibration experience at CERN), and leading instrument science for space- and ground-based projects. Based in Baltimore, he combines hands-on technical design with program-level science strategy to translate ambitious exoplanet science goals into deployable instruments. Notably, his background blends deep academic pedigree (PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics) with practical detector testing and mission-focused fellowship experience, making him fluent in both discovery science and the engineering needed to achieve it.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at Háskóli ÍslandsSummer International Honors Program, Summer International Honors Program at Stanford University
Github Skills (31)
spectrum7
digital-signal-processing7
brain-computer-interface7
zx-spectrum7
electrical-engineering6
hpc-applications6
relationship6
mass6
signal-processing5
infiniband4
parametric4
radial3
sun3
planet3
atmosphere3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gummiks/gummiks.github.io
Jul 2013 - Aug 2020
Contributions:650 commits, 424 pushes in 7 years 2 months
gummiks/idiffuse
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Calculating expected photometric precisions using diffusers
Contributions:35 commits, 30 pushes, 2 branches in 4 days
diffusersphotometric
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