Philip Rosenfield
Director Research Strategy
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolPhilip Rosenfield is a Director of Research Strategy at Microsoft Research Health Futures, where he leads teams that bridge generative AI with biology and life sciences to scope, negotiate, and instantiate collaborative research. With 11 years of experience and a PhD in astronomy from the University of Washington, he brings deep scientific rigor from roles at Harvard-Smithsonian CfA and the University of Padova into strategic research program leadership. He also runs MSR’s Undergraduate Research Internship program, cultivating early-career researchers who bring diverse perspectives to tech-enabled science. Philip’s background includes directing the WorldWide Telescope program and building the first digital planetarium projection for WorldWide Telescope as an MSR PhD intern, highlighting a long-running intersection of software, visualization, and research outreach. Based in Minneapolis, he combines academic credentials with practical program management, negotiation, and partnership-building skills to move ambitious cross-disciplinary projects from concept to execution.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Astronomy, Ph.D, Astronomy at University of WashingtonM.S, Astronomy, M.S, Astronomy at San Diego State UniversityB.S, Physics; Astronomy, B.S, Physics; Astronomy at Boston University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (71)
stable10
altitude9
telescope9
orbit9
astronomy9
health9
kebab-case9
python-interface9
jupyterlab-extension9
sunset9
python8
stellar8
qt7
shell7
jupyter7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
philrosenfield/TPAGB-calib
Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 243 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
calibration
philrosenfield/tpagb-calibration
Mar 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:211 commits, 6 PRs, 184 pushes in 1 year 11 months
python
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