Nikhil Garuda
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolNikhil Garuda is an early-career researcher and software engineer specializing in observational and experimental cosmology, astronomy education, and data-driven science literacy projects. With six years of experience, he builds pipelines and algorithms—ranging from photometric catalogs and PSF generation for HST/JWST data to simulation-based halo analyses and minimization routines in Python and C—and deploys web tools to visualize and classify large article corpora. He combines a rare triple undergraduate focus in Astronomy, Statistics & Data Science, and Physics with hands-on roles as a technical lead and full-stack developer, bringing both scientific rigor and production engineering to research problems. Notably, he has created datasets used for photometric redshift estimation and trained neural-network classifiers on custom MOOC-derived corpora for NSF-funded work. Based in Austin and now pursuing a PhD in Astronomy at UT Austin, he aims to lead interdisciplinary teams that turn complex astrophysical simulations and observations into accessible science and actionable insights.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin
English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (41)
python10
animation10
discord10
ide10
vscode-extension10
math10
neovim10
vim10
lua10
lunarvim10
vscode10
manim10
cpp10
rewrite9
portal9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Nikhil0504/CCT-App
May 2021 - Jan 2024
This is a repository that tracks the CoWIN vaccine availability.
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 years 8 months
availabilityvaccine-availabilityvaccinetrackscowin
Nikhil0504/nikhil0504.github.io
Nov 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 1 month
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