Luke Burns
Graduate Research Assistant
Oberlin, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolLuke Burns is a multidisciplinary researcher-engineer combining 14 years of technical experience with active graduate research in quantum mechanics and field theory at Chapman University. He develops software in JavaScript, Julia, and Rust for Starter.org while contributing research outputs with Dr. Justin Dressel’s Spin Group, bridging computational methods and theoretical physics. His background in sustained dialogue facilitation and community-run cooperative living shows a rare blend of technical rigor and interpersonal leadership, training facilitators in vulnerability-oriented practices. Comfortable alternating between code, computation, and collaborative research, he brings pragmatic engineering skills to complex scientific problems and values human-centered approaches to team and community work.
14 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Math, Physics, and Philosophy (MPP), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Math, Physics, and Philosophy (MPP) at Chapman UniversitySouderton Area High SchoolBachelor's Degree, Physics, Bachelor's Degree, Physics at Oberlin College
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Github Skills (200)
low-level10
npm-package10
browser10
api10
julia10
static-site-generator10
notebook10
expressjs10
compiler10
javascript10
pluto10
libsodium10
react10
hybrid10
typescript10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ga/awesome-geometric-algebra
Aug 2015 - Jun 2020
A curated list of geometric algebra resources
Contributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 5 pushes in 4 years 11 months
mathlinear-algebracomputer-algebra-systemmathematicssymbolic-math
lukeburns/lukeburns.github.io
Jun 2015 - Jan 2025
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 9 years 9 months
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