Oisin Creaner
Assistant Professor at Dublin City University
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Top SchoolOisin Creaner is an Assistant Professor in the School of Physical Sciences at Dublin City University who builds computational solutions for astronomical and astrophysical challenges and leads the new Physics with Data Analytics program. With a PhD in Astrophysics focused on data mining for exoplanet searches and eight years of postdoctoral and research experience, he combines high-performance computing expertise (HPC, grid computing) with practical software skills in C/C++, Python, R and BASH. He has worked on big science projects from NERSC supporting dark-matter experiments to MKID research at DIAS, and brings hands‑on experience deploying data‑intensive pipelines. An experienced educator and module developer, he has taught across levels from foundation to MSc and regularly contributes to public engagement through lectures, school programs and outreach. Active in the Irish academic community, he serves as Communications Officer for the Astronomical Society of Ireland and treasurer for the Institute of Physics Computational Physics group, advocating for early-career researchers. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who marries rigorous research with accessible teaching and sustained public engagement.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics at Institute of Technology, TallaghtBachelor’s Degree, Physics & Astrophysics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics & Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin
English, Irish, French
Github Skills (10)
sensitivity9
rtl-sdr8
signal-processing8
evaluation8
software-defined-radio8
cloning2
sketchup2
telescope1
modeling1
beam1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
creanero/beamModelTester
Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
beamModelTester is a general-purpose tool that enables evaluation of models of the variation in sensitivity and apparent polarisation of fixed antenna phased array radio telescopes.
Contributions:1 release, 404 commits, 66 PRs in 1 year 4 months
arraysoftware-defined-radioevaluationpurposertl-sdr
creaneroDIAS/hello-world
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
test-repo
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