Olivier Guyon
Founder at National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)
Hilo, Hawaii, United States
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Top SchoolOlivier Guyon is a founder and astronomer with 12+ years leading the development of high-contrast imaging and adaptive optics techniques to detect and characterize exoplanets. He invented the Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization (PIAA) coronagraph and leads the SCExAO team at Subaru Telescope while holding roles at the University of Arizona, Breakthrough Initiatives, and JPL. His work spans coronagraphy, wavefront sensing, and astrometry, translating laboratory innovations into on-sky instruments for current and future ground- and space-based telescopes. He also founded the citizen-science Project PANOPTES, bridging public engagement with professional exoplanet searches. Based in Hilo, Hawaii, he combines deep theoretical insight with hands-on instrument development to push toward detecting biosignatures on nearby Earth-like worlds.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Ecole normale supérieureDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityGraduate studies, Astronomy, Graduate studies, Astronomy at Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Github Skills (16)
image-analysis10
image-stream10
telescope10
astronomy10
image-processing9
python9
science8
command-line-interface7
cli5
jq5
command-line4
jekyll3
google-cloud1
data-science1
data-processing1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
milk-org/ZernikePolyn
Nov 2017 - Feb 2023
Contributions:39 pushes, 2 branches, 8 tags in 5 years 4 months
coffee-org/coffee
Nov 2017 - May 2026
Contributions:245 pushes, 16 branches, 1 tag in 8 years 7 months
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