Peter Kamphuis
Postdoctoral Researcher at Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC)
Greater Granada Metropolitan Area Spain
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Top SchoolPeter Kamphuis is a postdoctoral researcher with 11 years of experience studying the formation, dynamics and kinematics of galaxies, with a specialty in HI observations and a habit of maintaining a multi-wavelength perspective. Trained at the University of Groningen (PhD), he combines observational expertise across radio facilities with hands-on programming in IDL/GDL and Python to turn complex datasets into physical insight. His career spans international research appointments including CSIRO, NCRA, Humboldt positions and a project management role at Ruhr University Bochum, reflecting both scientific depth and collaborative leadership. Based in the Granada area, he brings a pragmatic blend of data analysis, instrument-focused knowledge and software skills that help bridge observation and theory in galaxy evolution.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Groningen
English, dutch (native), german (advanced), Spanish
Github Skills (35)
calibration10
gdl10
astronomy9
fat9
docker9
pipeline9
radio-astronomy9
astronomical-algorithms8
ring8
astrology7
idl7
python6
testing6
scripting4
workflow-management4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
PeterKamphuis/make_moments
Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
A stand alone version of the pyFAT make_moments function.
Contributions:14 releases, 23 PRs, 44 pushes in 3 years 9 months
PeterKamphuis/FAT
Jun 2015 - Aug 2022
An IDL/GDL wrapper to automate TiRiFiC
Contributions:4 releases, 286 commits, 18 PRs in 7 years 2 months
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