Lindy Blackburn
Astronomer at Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolLindy Blackburn is an astronomer based in Cambridge, MA with 12 years of research and technical experience combining observational radio astronomy and computational methods. As a long-time staff scientist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and a former NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, she specializes in interferometric imaging, calibration algorithms, and analysis pipelines. Her open-source contributions to the widely used eht-imaging repository demonstrate practical backend development—adding self- and network-calibration features, modernizing Python imports to astropy, and improving documentation and code organization. Trained with a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT and a BA in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Chicago, she bridges deep theoretical knowledge with hands-on software engineering. Colleagues value her ability to translate complex instrument constraints into robust, reproducible code for high-profile imaging projects. An underappreciated strength is her knack for improving legacy scientific codebases to meet modern standards while preserving scientific fidelity.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Mathematics at The University of Chicago
Github Skills (4)
python10
astronomy9
numpy9
hdf7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
achael/eht-imaging
Sep 2016 - May 2022
Imaging, analysis, and simulation software for radio interferometry
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 9 commits, 8 pushes in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Lindy's commits primarily focused on improving the existing codebase and implementing self-calibration and network calibration functionalities. They modified existing Python code, adding constraints and parameters, and improving existing functions. The user also addressed integration by replacing `pyfits` with `astropy` and supporting module imports. The user addressed documentation and code organization.
imagingsimulation
sao-eht/lmtscripts
Mar 2016 - Dec 2019
Contributions:71 commits, 55 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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