Nina Bonaventura
Astrophysicist, Research Faculty at University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolNina Bonaventura is an astrophysicist and research faculty member with 11 years of experience bridging observational multiwavelength astronomy and space mission science. She has led and contributed to high-impact projects from Chandra data systems to the JWST/NIRSpec GTO team, specializing in the formation, evolution, and interactions of galaxies and their central black holes. Based in Tucson, she combines deep domain expertise with advanced computational methods, applying machine learning and AI to problems across exoplanetary science, heliophysics, space-domain awareness, and observational cosmology. Her background spans academia and mission support, reflecting a rare mix of hands-on data systems work and frontier science analysis. Nina’s work emphasizes translating complex, large-scale datasets into actionable insights for both fundamental science and practical space applications.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master's degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Boston UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Physics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physics at University of PennsylvaniaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at McGill University
Github Skills (34)
python10
astronomy10
jupyterlab9
jupyterlab-extension9
astropy9
jupyter-notebook8
notebook8
jupyter8
testing7
docker6
browser6
javascript6
geoscience5
testing-library5
astrology5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
esdc-esac-esa-int/vospec
Jun 2017 - Apr 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
esdc-esac-esa-int/caom2
Jan 2019 - Dec 2024
Common Archive Observation Model
Contributions:1 push in 6 years
observationarchive
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