Mike Alexandersen
Astronomer at Minor Planet Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMike Alexandersen is an observational astronomer with a decade of experience studying the outer Solar System, currently an astronomer at the Minor Planet Center working to automate workflows ahead of the LSST data deluge. He has a strong publication record from his Ph.D. work and large surveys—contributing to discoveries of small Jovian moons and Neptune Trojan science—and practical expertise in optical photometry, astrometry and survey operations. Comfortable with scientific programming (Python, IDL, Fortran) and pipeline automation, he bridges hands-on data curation with software development to turn global observations into reliable cataloged discoveries. Based in Cambridge, MA, he combines deep survey experience with operational MPC responsibilities, and brings a rare mix of field-leading survey results and day-to-day processing know-how that keeps discovery pipelines running.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Cand.Scient., Astronomy, Cand.Scient., Astronomy at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenExchange, Physics & Astronomy, Exchange, Physics & Astronomy at Washington State UniversityA-levels, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, A-levels, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Further Mathematics at Woking Sixth Form CollegeGCSE, GCSE at Ash Manor SchoolPh.D., Astrophysics, Ph.D., Astrophysics at The University of British Columbia
English, Danish, German, French, mandarin w. traditional chinese characters
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Github Skills (62)
scipy10
gradient-descent10
fundamental10
python10
mpi10
interpolation10
blas10
ndarray10
numpy10
numerics10
lapack10
root-finding10
convolution10
finite-element-analysis10
numba10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Mikea1985/maphot
Dec 2016 - Jul 2021
My wrapper for using TrIPPy to do photometry of moving objects. Work in progress
Contributions:2 PRs, 57 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 6 months
pythonphotometryin-progressto-dotrippy
Mikea1985/trippy
Jan 2016 - Dec 2019
Trailed Image Photometry in Python (TrIPPy)
Contributions:10 PRs, 40 pushes, 20 branches in 3 years 11 months
trippyimage-processingpythonphotometry
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