Ian Sullivan
Senior Research Scientist at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Sullivan is a Senior Research Scientist with 13 years of experience building instruments and algorithms that push observational astronomy into new regimes. Based at the University of Washington and the Rubin Observatory, he led development of Fast Holographic Deconvolution and novel sparse-covariance mapping techniques to enable high-fidelity imaging and scalable analysis of next-generation radio and optical survey data. His work spans end-to-end instrument design (CIBER sounding rockets) through pipeline development and calibration to NIST standards, and he manages the LSST Alert Production team focused on detecting faint, time-varying phenomena. Ian combines deep physics training (PhD, Caltech) with practical engineering: he has designed flight hardware, written full analysis pipelines, and optimized algorithms to reduce computational scaling. Notably, he has applied techniques intended for detecting the first stars to diverse science cases from diffuse Galactic structure to transient discovery, reflecting an ability to turn foundational methods into broad, operational impact.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Physics, Master of Science (MS), Physics at University of OregonCalifornia Institute of Technology
English, German
Github Skills (121)
structures10
measurement10
meteorology10
python10
astronomy10
image-processing10
data-management10
fixed-point10
mappings10
floating10
deconvolution10
code-library10
camera10
angle10
data-access10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
lsst-dm/starfast_simulator
Apr 2016 - Mar 2020
StarFast - A Fast Simulation Building Tool for Testing Algorithms
Contributions:9 PRs, 26 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 10 months
pythontestingsimulationbuilding-toolfast-simulation
EoRImaging/FHD
Jan 2013 - Jan 2022
Fast Holographic Deconvolution
Contributions:61 reviews, 2870 commits, 54 PRs in 9 years 1 month
deconvolutionholographic
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