Jennifer Scora
Associate Program Scientist
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJennifer Scora is an Associate Program Scientist with a PhD in Astronomy and eight years of experience translating complex simulation data into clear scientific insights. She specializes in N-body simulations of planet formation, leveraging Python, Fortran, and HPC-friendly Unix workflows to probe how collisions shape rocky exoplanet composition. Passionate about data visualization, she combines technical rigor with communication skills honed through teaching and planetarium presentations. At Sidrat Research she applies her research-grade data analysis to program science, bringing both academic depth and practical tooling experience to interdisciplinary teams. An eye for nuanced parameter effects and a steady background in hands-on simulation work make her adept at turning noisy outputs into actionable conclusions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor's of Arts and Science and Physics, Honours Bachelor's of Arts and Science and Physics at McMaster UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Toronto
Github Skills (23)
umbrella10
read-write9
quantile9
fuzzy-logic9
nim-language9
tabular8
lottery8
probability8
homotopy-type-theory7
probability-distribution6
csv6
julia6
fink4
astronomy4
python4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jscora/colltree
Jun 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 23 commits, 26 pushes in 9 months
sidratresearch/qp
Dec 2024 - May 2025
Quantile Parametrization for probability distribution functions module
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 154 pushes in 4 months
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