Helena Richie
Graduate Student Researcher
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolHelena Richie is a Graduate Student Researcher in the Physics PhD program at the University of Pittsburgh with nine years of research experience spanning undergraduate to graduate work in observational and computational astrophysics. She holds dual B.S. degrees in Physics & Astronomy and Mathematics from Pitt, where she led the Survey of Transiting Extrasolar Planets (STEPUP) using Allegheny Observatory instrumentation to detect exoplanet transits. Her current interests lie at the intersection of galaxy evolution, hydrodynamics simulations, and high-performance computing, combining observational insight with numerical modeling. Helena brings hands-on experience running telescopic observations and developing simulation workflows, a blend that helps bridge data-driven and theory-driven approaches. Based in Pittsburgh, she leverages local observatory resources while contributing to computational projects focused on understanding large-scale astrophysical processes. Colleagues describe her as methodical and curious, able to translate complex physical problems into tractable computational experiments.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at University of Pittsburgh
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Github Skills (11)
image-data10
jsonresume9
cuda9
astronomy8
gpu8
jekyll7
python7
jekyll-theme7
netlify6
resume5
gpu-acceleration1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
helenarichie/my_scripts
Dec 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:155 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
mwvgroup/STEPUP_image_analysis
May 2017 - Feb 2021
A tool for easy photometric analysis of astronomical image data.
Contributions:2 reviews, 347 commits, 8 PRs in 3 years 10 months
pythonastronomyimage-dataphotometric
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