Mallory Molina
Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolMallory Molina is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University with nine years of research experience bridging observational astrophysics and data-driven astronomy. Previously a Ford Postdoctoral Fellow at Montana State and an Eccles AstroData Fellow at the University of Utah, she brings a strong record of academic fellowship positions and an emphasis on translating large astrophysical datasets into scientific insight. Her trajectory from a PhD-level research fellow at Penn State to faculty demonstrates both deep technical expertise and a growing leadership role in shaping astronomy curricula and research programs. Based in Nashville, she is known for combining rigorous astronomical analysis with a collaborative approach to mentoring early-career researchers and students. An often-overlooked strength is her knack for navigating transitions between fellowship and faculty roles, which has given her practical experience in building research groups and securing institutional support.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics and Astronomy at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (8)
pipeline6
python5
astronomy3
data-access3
visualization2
data-visualization1
mosaic1
imaging1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
malmolina/Swift-UVOT-Pipeline
Jun 2018 - Sep 2021
Pipeline to create calibrated mosaics of UVOT images for multiple observations (adapted from Lea Hagen's uvot_deep.py routine)
Contributions:27 commits, 2 PRs, 31 pushes in 3 years 3 months
routinepythonadaptedpipelinemosaics
malmolina/swift_pipeline
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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