Karen Masters
Professor Of Astronomy And Physics at Haverford College
Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolKaren Masters is a Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Haverford College with 12+ years of experience leading large survey science, public engagement, and citizen-science projects. As Project Scientist for Galaxy Zoo and Spokesperson for SDSS-IV, she bridges cutting-edge extragalactic research (notably MaNGA) with scalable public participation in data classification. Her work blends statistical analysis of massive galaxy catalogs with hands-on programming (Python, IDL, Fortran, MySQL) and practical web/media outreach to make complex science accessible. She has held research and leadership roles at Portsmouth and Harvard, and has been active in equality and diversity efforts such as Athena SWAN. Originally from the UK, she brings an international perspective shaped by a Cornell PhD and long collaborations across major survey consortia. Beyond publications, she’s known for translating citizen-science contributions into publishable science and for sustaining long-term community engagement around astronomical data.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Physics, BA, Physics at University of OxfordPhD, Astronomy, PhD, Astronomy at Cornell University
Chinese
Github Skills (19)
astronomy9
data-access9
visualization8
data-visualization6
react6
jupyter-book5
api5
docker5
nodejs4
ruby4
python4
science4
simulation3
jupyter3
galaxy3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
karenlmasters/ObservationalAstrophysics
Jan 2019 - Nov 2024
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
karenlmasters/ComputationalPhysicsUnit
Oct 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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