Keith Hawkins
Associate Professor
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolKeith Hawkins is a tenured Associate Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Texas who leads the Galactic Archaeology Lab, applying data science and machine learning to massive spectroscopic and photometric surveys to reconstruct the Milky Way’s formation and evolution. With roughly a decade of research experience, his path includes a Simons Fellowship at Columbia and a rapid 2.5-year PhD at Cambridge as a British Marshall Scholar, reflecting both deep technical skill and academic distinction. He combines traditional astronomical techniques with modern ML pipelines to extract stellar parameters and chemical fingerprints from large datasets, enabling population-scale insights. Beyond research, his background spans hands-on spectroscopy projects at Keck and automated analysis pipelines developed early in his career, showing a blend of observational rigor and computational innovation.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astronomy at University of CambridgeBachelor of Science (B.S.), Astrophysics, Mathematics Minor, Certificate in African Studies, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Astrophysics, Mathematics Minor, Certificate in African Studies, summa cum laude at Ohio University
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
AST392G/templates
Sep 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:7 pushes in 1 month
keithhawkins/pr_review_tutorial
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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