Mark Chilenski
Graduate Research Assistant, Alcator C-Mod Tokamak
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Chilenski is a plasma physicist and software-focused experimentalist with 13 years of experience developing open-source data tools and operating diagnostics for fusion experiments at MIT. He builds general-purpose analysis libraries (e.g., gptools, eqtools, profiletools), operates X-ray spectrometers and a laser impurity injector, and applies machine learning and Gaussian process regression to study impurity transport in high-performance plasmas. Comfortable bridging hardware and software, he has a track record of shipping instruments and production-grade code that accelerate analysis workflows by an order of magnitude. He also designs hands-on educational tools—like a low-cost Geiger counter used in freshman labs—and won an Outstanding TA award for his teaching. Based in Cambridge, MA, he combines PhD-level research rigor with a practical bent for reproducible, community-oriented tooling.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of WashingtonDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Plasma Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Plasma Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (2)
gaussian-processes9
python8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
markchil/profiletools
Apr 2014 - Sep 2017
Contributions:206 commits, 79 pushes in 3 years 5 months
markchil/gptools
Sep 2013 - Sep 2019
Gaussian processes with arbitrary derivative constraints and predictions.
Contributions:1 release, 437 commits, 57 pushes in 6 years 1 month
gaussian-processes
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