Richard O'shaughnessy
Associate Professor
City of Rochester, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard O'shaughnessy is an assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology with 15 years of research experience in gravitational wave astrophysics, theoretical astrophysics, and general relativity. He completed a PhD in Physics at Caltech after a BA in Astronomy from Cornell, and has held research and postdoctoral positions at Northwestern, Penn State, and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His work focuses on interpreting and modeling gravitational-wave signals, bridging deep theoretical insight with observational context. Based in Pittsford, New York, he brings a track record of sustained academic contributions and mentoring graduate students. Colleagues know him for translating complex relativistic physics into testable astrophysical predictions, a skill that keeps him engaged at the intersection of theory and experiment.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyBA Astronomy, BA Astronomy at Cornell University
Github Skills (19)
open-science10
python10
astronomy10
signal-processing10
gravity10
physics10
core-package10
gitlab8
conda7
pypi7
package-repository6
gpu4
cuda3
conda-forge2
inference1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
oshaughn/ILE-GPU-Paper
Jan 2019 - Oct 2019
ILE-GPU-Paper
Contributions:129 commits, 1 PR, 22 pushes in 8 months
cudagpu
conda-forge/rift-feedstock
Oct 2019 - Apr 2026
A conda-smithy repository for rift.
Contributions:3 reviews, 8 PRs, 12 pushes in 6 years 6 months
conda
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