Kevin Casteels
CADC Operations Specialist
British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Casteels is a CADC Operations Specialist with a decade of experience bridging astrophysics research, data operations, and teaching. Trained with a PhD in Astrophysics from Universitat de Barcelona, he has worked across observatory operations, high-energy physics computing, and research on galaxy formation, bringing deep domain knowledge to data-centred roles. At the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre he combines hands-on systems and software skills with scientific rigor to enable large-scale astronomy data workflows. He has taught introductory astronomy and physics at multiple institutions, translating complex concepts for students and stakeholders. Driven by a fundamental curiosity about how the universe works, he pairs that intellectual appetite with practical experience in system administration, pipeline development, and telescope operations.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Astrophysics, BSc, Astrophysics at University of TorontoBSc, Astrophysics, BSc, Astrophysics at Saint Mary's University HalifaxPhD, Astrophysics, PhD, Astrophysics at Universitat de Barcelona
English, Spanish, French, Catalan
Github Skills (40)
squid9
commodore9
advertising9
ethernet9
science8
text-based8
contiki8
cartridge8
infrastructure7
telnet6
raspberry-pi5
pong5
git-repository5
cloud-monitoring4
htcondor4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kcasteels/Magnetar-BBS
Feb 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:171 commits, 253 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 1 month
ethernetcontikiraspberry-pibulletin-boardtfe
hep-gc/cloudscheduler
Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:361 commits, 277 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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