Kerianne Pruett
Cross-Mission Resiliency Modeling & Simulation Engineering Specialist
Chantilly, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolKerianne Pruett is a technical leader specializing in statistical and machine learning solutions for astrophysics, space domain awareness, and national security, with eight years of experience delivering large-scale modeling, simulation, and HPC data pipelines. She has led multimillion-dollar research efforts, built student programs, and mentored staff from high school through postdoc levels while briefing government and military customers on technically complex results. Her work spans electro-optical image simulation, cislunar orbital stability, pattern-of-life and conflict modeling, and weak-lensing and dark-matter analyses—bridging fundamental astrophysics and operational space systems. Known for turning research-grade algorithms into field-relevant tools, she combines hands-on algorithm development with program scoping and execution across interdisciplinary teams. Based in Chantilly, VA, she pairs advanced degrees in space systems and data analytics with practical experience at national labs and The Aerospace Corporation.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Space System Operations, M.S., Space System Operations at Naval Postgraduate SchoolM.S. (partial), Physics with Astrophysics emphasis, M.S. (partial), Physics with Astrophysics emphasis at San Francisco State UniversityAssociate of Science - AS, Physics, Mathematics, Associate of Science - AS, Physics, Mathematics at Folsom Lake CollegeMaster's Certificate, Data Analytics, Master's Certificate, Data Analytics at U.S. Air Force Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Physics with Astrophysics emphasis, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics with Astrophysics emphasis at University of California, Davis
Github Skills (13)
synthesis7
application5
python5
image-processing5
astronomy5
modeling5
planet3
planets2
cosmology2
orbital-mechanics2
stellar2
astrophysics1
astrodynamics1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Kerianne28/ZTF_image_classification
May 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:23 commits, 3 pushes in 2 months
jluastro/PopSyCLE
Jan 2020 - Sep 2022
Population Synthesis for Compact-object Lensing Events
Contributions:45 commits, 3 PRs, 45 pushes in 2 years 8 months
eventscompactpopulation-synthesissynthesis
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