Marc Van Der Sluys
Assistant Professor In Astrophysics at Utrecht University
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMarc Van Der Sluys is an assistant professor in astrophysics and a researcher with 23 years of experience at the intersection of astrophysics, gravitational-wave physics, and scientific computing. He develops and analyzes CPU-intensive physical models—from binary star evolution to galaxy simulations—using C and Fortran on clusters, and applies Bayesian statistics and MCMC for parameter estimation and model selection. His data-analysis expertise spans signal processing for both low- and high-SNR gravitational-wave detectors (LIGO/Virgo and LISA), Monte Carlo methods, and visualization of large datasets. Marc combines academic roles at Utrecht University and Nikhef with long-term public outreach via the hemel.waarnemen.com observing guide, an automated open resource for the Netherlands and Belgium. He is also engaged in sustainable-energy and climate-feedback modelling and explores medical imaging and cognitive modelling as applied research interests. Comfortable bridging rigorous theory, scalable computation, and public communication, he brings a rare mix of hands-on code, statistical depth, and outreach experience.
23 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Astrophysics, Binary evolution, PhD, Astrophysics, Binary evolution at University of Utrecht
Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (97)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
MarcvdSluys/AstroConst
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:18 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
MarcvdSluys/LaTeX-examples
Sep 2019 - Jul 2021
Contributions:18 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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