Prajwal Niraula
Postdoctoral Researcher at MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolPrajwal Niraula is a postdoctoral researcher and computational astrophysicist with 9 years of experience developing high-performance algorithms and data pipelines for exoplanet and stellar atmosphere studies. At MIT he has led NASA-funded modeling projects, accelerated spectral retrievals with neural-network frameworks, and produced publicly available tools that powered multiple planet discoveries and rigorous re-evaluations of previously validated exoplanets. His work spans Bayesian inference, large-scale molecular line calculations, and time-series photometry, combining deep domain expertise with production-grade HPC engineering. Notably, he has brought techniques from detector engineering and on-site observatory operations into software workflows, giving him a rare blend of hands-on instrumentation insight and scalable computational practice. Based in Cambridge, he is seeking to transition his 7+ years of data-analysis and algorithm development experience into roles that bridge research and applied data science.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Planetary Astronomy and Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Planetary Astronomy and Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster’s Degree, Astronomy, Master’s Degree, Astronomy at Wesleyan UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics and mathematics, Co-valedictorian., Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics and mathematics, Co-valedictorian. at Saint Peter's University
English, Nepali, Hindi, Spanish, German
Github Skills (23)
planet7
hydrogen5
jupyter-kernels5
ipython4
inspect4
python3
jupyterlab-extension3
jupyter-notebook3
nteract3
notebook3
data-science3
jupyter3
simulate3
plot3
jupyterlab3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
disruptiveplanets/splash
Jul 2020 - Jan 2021
SPECULOOS PLAnet SearcH module.
Contributions:41 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
planetmodule-search
fznfire/Thesis
Dec 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:87 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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