Mark Cheung
Science And Deputy Director at CSIRO
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolMark Cheung is a science leader and deputy director at CSIRO with over a decade of experience leading interdisciplinary teams in heliophysics, astrophysics and space-weather engineering. He has bridged fundamental research and operational systems as PI of the Solar Dynamics Observatory/AIA and as a senior physicist at Lockheed Martin, applying numerical simulation and remote-sensing techniques to solar plasma problems. As a long-time mentor and advisor at the Frontier Development Lab he pairs domain expertise with machine learning and cloud-first workflows to accelerate scientific discovery. His career spans top research institutes worldwide—from Max Planck to Stanford and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan—reflecting both deep theoretical training (Dr. rer. nat., Göttingen) and practical program leadership. Notably, he combines hands-on instrument science with applied AI mentorship, making him adept at translating complex solar physics into operational capabilities.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Education Abroad Program Physics, Education Abroad Program Physics at University of California, BerkeleyBSc (Honours) Physics, BSc (Honours) Physics at University of AdelaideDr. rer. nat. Physics, Dr. rer. nat. Physics at The University of Göttingen
Github Skills (25)
astronomy10
solar10
sun10
simulation9
python9
statistics9
physics9
data-analysis8
astropy8
machine-learning8
data-science7
scikit7
scikit-learn6
sphinx3
ablog3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
fluxtransport/sunpy
Nov 2019 - Apr 2021
SunPy - Python for Solar Physics
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 4 months
physicspythonsolarsimulationpython-3
fluxtransport/HelioLectures
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:8 PRs, 22 pushes in 8 days
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