Kevin Stevenson
Staff Astronomer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Stevenson is a Staff Astronomer at Johns Hopkins APL with nine years postdoctoral experience advancing exoplanet science at institutions including STScI and the University of Chicago. He leads CHAMPs to probe M-dwarf habitability and co-leads major JWST programs investigating the prevalence of atmospheres on terrestrial M-dwarf planets, blending observational campaigns with mission concept development. His work spans transmission and infrared time-series spectroscopy, instrument-era data reduction, and open-source software for observation planning and atmospheric retrievals. Trained with a PhD in Planetary Astronomy, he pairs hands-on analysis of low-S/N Spitzer-era datasets with strategic program leadership, uniquely connecting detailed data stewardship to broad mission goals.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics at Simon Fraser UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Astronomy, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Astronomy at The University of Western OntarioDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Planetary Astronomy and Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Planetary Astronomy and Science at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (35)
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james10
python10
telescope10
pipeline10
time-series9
poet9
tool-kit7
journal7
visualization7
science7
open-access7
academia6
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astronomy6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kevin218/WFC3
Oct 2019 - Jul 2023
WFC3 Data Reduction Pipeline for transiting exoplanets.
Contributions:11 reviews, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
data-reductionpipelinewfc3reductionexoplanets
kevin218/Astraeus
Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
Astraeus is a general-purpose tool that manages your data using Xarray structures and reads/writes data from/to your exoplanet data reduction pipeline.
Contributions:5 releases, 2 reviews, 30 commits in 6 months
data-reductiondata-analysispythonpipelinedata-science
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