Marcel Schmittfull
Associate
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMarcel Schmittfull is an associate at PDT Partners with 12 years of experience blending theoretical cosmology, simulation, and data analysis to extract tighter constraints from galaxy surveys and CMB lensing measurements. He holds a PhD and MASt in Applied Mathematics from Cambridge and a strong physics and computational background from Heidelberg and Tübingen, enabling him to translate complex analytical models into fast, practical estimators. His postdoctoral work produced order-of-magnitude speedups using FFTs, developed matched-filter skewness estimators, and identified subtle non-Gaussian biases in lensing measurements. Marcel pairs research rigor with production-minded engineering—contributing backend and QA work to the widely used Oppia open-source learning platform—showing fluency in testing and reliable handler implementations. Based in Princeton, he focuses on methods that squeeze information from non-Gaussian, high-dimensional data and forecast future experiment performance. Colleagues rely on him for bridging theoretical insight with robust, scalable analysis pipelines.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Physics (major), Math (major), Computer Science (minor), Physics (major), Math (major), Computer Science (minor) at University of TübingenPhysics (major), Numerical Analysis (minor), Physics (major), Numerical Analysis (minor) at Heidelberg UniversityMASt (Master of Advanced Study), Applied Mathematics, MASt (Master of Advanced Study), Applied Mathematics at University of Cambridge
German, English, French
Github Skills (7)
test-integration10
python10
integration-testing10
test-automation9
appengine8
webpages7
web-content7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
oppia/oppia
May 2015 - Aug 2015
A free, online learning platform to make quality education accessible for all.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & QA Engineer
Backend Developer & QA EngineerContributions:9 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Marcel primarily focused on developing and testing the exploration download functionality within the Oppia platform. Their work involved creating and modifying integration tests for the exploration download handler, specifically within the `core/controllers/editor_test.py` file, and addressing issues with these tests. The user's contributions aimed to ensure proper functionality and reliable handling of exploration downloads, as shown by changes to unit tests and other files related to this functionality. They also worked on fixing a merge conflict.
appenginereactpythonlearning-platformquality-education
mschmittfull/oppia
Oct 2016 - May 2019
Tool for creating interactive tutors.
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push in 2 years 6 months
javascriptreact
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