Marie Lau
Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, Riverside
California, United States
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Top SchoolMarie Lau is an Assistant Project Scientist and lecturer in physics and astronomy at UC Riverside with nine years of research and teaching experience studying supermassive black holes and galaxies using ground- and space-based telescopes. Her technical expertise spans adaptive optics, spectroscopy, and hyperspectral imaging from ultraviolet to infrared, paired with strong skills in statistics, visualization, and data analysis. She mentors students at all levels, teaches college astronomy and physics as well as high school math and ESL, and is active in public outreach. A first-generation high school graduate and trauma survivor, she is deeply committed to supporting students from underserved backgrounds and brings that perspective into pedagogy and mentorship. She also pursues scientific writing, data science, and software development, blending observational astrophysics with practical computational tools. You can learn more about her work at lwymarie.github.io.
9 years of coding experience
Summer Session, Summer Session at University of California, BerkeleyEducational Abroad Program, Educational Abroad Program at UC Santa BarbaraUniversity of California Santa CruzThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
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Github Skills (58)
science8
orbital-mechanics8
reduction8
galaxy8
astronomy8
spectra7
core-library7
astrophysics7
spectrum7
astrology7
python7
astrodynamics7
html6
php6
dns6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lwymarie/ifsfit
Jun 2019 - Nov 2022
Astronomy spectral fitting software optimized for integral field spectroscopy (IFS).
Contributions:21 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 5 months
pythonspectral-fittingintegralmercuryanalysis
lwymarie/lwymarie.github.io
Apr 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:337 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 11 months
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