Jorge Pérez-hernández
Astronomer at Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJorge Pérez-Hernández is an astronomer and computational flight dynamics engineer with a decade of experience designing and operating interplanetary mission trajectories at ESOC/ESA and in research roles at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian. He holds a PhD in Physics from UNAM, where his thesis advanced the dynamical understanding of Near-Earth Objects and potentially hazardous asteroids including Apophis and Bennu. Jorge co-developed TaylorIntegration.jl, a Julia package for high-precision ODE integration that supports jet transport, Lyapunov spectrum computation, and Poincaré mappings—bridging rigorous academic research with practical mission analysis tools. Proficient in Julia, C++, Python and Qt, he has applied his skills across open-source projects, Google Summer of Code contributions, and high‑precision tactical systems for the Mexican Navy. Based in Cambridge, MA, he combines deep theoretical dynamics with hands-on software engineering to solve mission-critical problems in astrodynamics. An often-overlooked strength is his experience translating advanced numerical methods into production-quality code used for both research and operational flight dynamics.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, 9.7/10 (equivalent to overall U.S. GPA of 3.96), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, 9.7/10 (equivalent to overall U.S. GPA of 3.96) at Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
English, Japanese, Spanish, Italian
Github Skills (80)
orbits10
prediction-model10
near10
ode10
insar10
jpl10
jet10
satellite10
orbital-mechanics10
planet10
orbit10
julia10
dynamics10
automatic-differentiation10
taylor-series10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
PerezHz/TaylorIntegration.jl
Aug 2016 - Oct 2022
ODE integration using Taylor's method, and more, in Julia
Contributions:13 releases, 77 reviews, 250 commits in 6 years 3 months
automatic-differentiationhigh-accuracyode-solvertaylor-seriesmethod
aerospaceresearch/orbitdeterminator
May 2018 - Apr 2021
determination of satellite orbits and more
Contributions:3 reviews, 149 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 10 months
satellite-orbitssatelliteorbitastrodynamicsorbital-mechanics
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