Mike Laverick
Senior Research Platforms Engineer
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMike Laverick is a Senior Research Platforms Engineer with nine years’ experience bridging astrophysics and research software engineering, currently based in the UK and spending early 2025 travelling across Australia, Japan, and Canada. A Carpentries-certified instructor and former atomic astrophysicist with a PhD from KU Leuven, he has built production data pipelines for a world-first NASA remote-sensing mission, developed ML/DL tools for classification of Māori artefact scans, and supported Unity-based digital embodiment projects. He blends hands-on infrastructure and backend development (MyTardis instrument data services, access-control overhauls) with researcher training—authoring and delivering introductory ML and Python courses. Comfortable leading small RSE teams and iterating teaching materials, he’s as comfortable debugging binary instrument streams as he is upskilling colleagues on reproducible research practices.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics at KU LeuvenMaster's degree, Physics with Astrophysics, Second Class Honours: Upper Class, Master's degree, Physics with Astrophysics, Second Class Honours: Upper Class at University of YorkSummer course, Human Spaceflight and Exploration, Pass with Merit, Summer course, Human Spaceflight and Exploration, Pass with Merit at Umeå University
Github Skills (33)
stable10
loops10
matplotlib9
alpha9
python9
automation9
data-analysis9
data-visualization9
wolfram-language9
logistic-regression8
sklearn8
keras8
astronomy8
java7
numpy7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mike-ivs/IvSPythonRepository_development
Jan 2017 - Sep 2018
Python Repository of the Institute of Astronomy @ KU Leuven
Contributions:28 PRs, 43 pushes, 24 branches in 1 year 8 months
pythonastronomymatplotlibwolfram-languageinstitute
UoA-eResearch/mytardis
Feb 2020 - Jun 2022
MyTardis - a data management system for private lab/facility data
Contributions:11 releases, 2 reviews, 1333 commits in 2 years 4 months
management-systemdata-managementfacilitymytardisjava
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