Quinn Casey
Graduate Student
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQuinn Casey is a graduate student and astrophysics researcher based in Hanover, NH, with a decade of experience blending observational astronomy and software development to study how supermassive black holes drive galaxy formation and evolution. At Dartmouth and previously at UW–Madison, Quinn developed diagnostics for identifying AGN at higher redshifts and supported astronomy education through teaching and caption-editing work. Complementing their research, they are an active open-source contributor—improving UX and configuration in paperless-ngx and enhancing front-end interactions in the cross-platform music player Museeks—demonstrating an unusual mix of scientific rigor and pragmatic full-stack craftsmanship. Known on GitHub as “more machine than ham,” Quinn brings careful attention to documentation, usability, and reproducible workflows that help bridge research and production tools.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Astrophysics, Physics, Astrophysics, Physics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonGraduate, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Graduate, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Dartmouth College
Github Skills (32)
markdown10
javascript10
electron10
ui-design10
uid10
markdown-it10
front-end-development10
react10
documentation10
dockers9
configuration-management9
docker9
media-player9
angular9
sound-player9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
Mar 2022 - Aug 2022
A community-supported supercharged version of paperless: scan, index and archive all your physical documents
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:221 reviews, 145 commits, 164 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Quinn primarily contributed to the project by adding and modifying documentation, enhancing the user interface, and updating the setup and configuration steps. They also introduced new features, such as the "delete to trash" functionality and the ability to specify the webserver port. Furthermore, the user worked on fixing typos, formatting issues, and performed several merges to integrate changes from other branches into the main development branch.
scanpdfpaperlessindexdocument-management
martpie/museeks
Jul 2019 - Feb 2020
🎵 A simple, clean and cross-platform music player
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 8 PRs, 15 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Quinn primarily contributed to the user interface and interactive elements of the music player. Their work includes implementing features such as double-click functionality for playlist playback, the addition of keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+A with shift), and modifications to the progress bar behavior. They also addressed issues related to playlist creation and ensured proper duration handling, improving the overall user experience.
reactelectroncross-platform-music-playercleancross-platform
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