Kyle Kaplan
Research Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolKyle Kaplan is an observational astronomer and research fellow with 11 years of experience studying the interstellar medium, molecular spectroscopy (H2, OH), photodissociation regions, planetary nebulae, H II regions, and dust. He combines hands-on astrophysics with substantial Python software development for reducing, processing, and analyzing complex astronomical data, including precision radial velocity pipelines for HPF and NEID. Previously he supported airborne infrared astronomy as an instrument scientist for SOFIA's GREAT instrument, enabling open-time science across the community. Based in Austin, he leverages a PhD from UT Austin and a background in astrophysics from UC Santa Cruz to bridge observational technique, instrumentation, and data science. Colleagues rely on him for turning high-resolution spectroscopic data into robust, reproducible results and for practical software solutions tailored to challenging observational workflows.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy at The University of Texas at AustinUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Github Skills (21)
infrared10
spectra10
spectrum10
bioinformatics10
astronomical-algorithms10
astronomy9
pipeline9
data-analysis8
python8
data-science8
finder3
camera2
astropy2
charts1
sega-genesis1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
kfkaplan/plotspec
Feb 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:6 commits, 72 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
kfkaplan/nintendo64_hacking
Jan 2019 - Apr 2024
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
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