Riley Clarke
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at National University of Singapore
Newark, Delaware, Singapore
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Top SchoolRiley Clarke is a postdoctoral research fellow with a decade of experience in time-domain astronomy and scientific software development, currently based at the National University of Singapore. Their work focuses on enabling stellar flare studies in the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s LSST by exploiting atmospheric refraction, blending observational astronomy with novel data-processing techniques. Riley has a strong computational background—developing Gaussian Process and MCMC-based tools for stochastic time-series modeling—and has led peer-reviewed research stemming from those methods. They also bridge science and outreach through Rubin Rhapsodies, a project translating LSST data into sound in collaboration with Lincoln University, highlighting an interdisciplinary commitment to accessibility. Trained at Western Washington University and the University of Delaware (PhD), Riley combines rigorous academic research with hands-on software engineering for large-scale astronomical surveys.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of DelawareBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Western Washington University
Github Skills (8)
validating1
machine-learning1
python1
kepler1
science1
idl1
astronomy1
data-science1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RileyWClarke/WideBinaryProject
Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:3 PRs, 40 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 9 months
binary-starspythonvalidated
RileyWClarke/fftpca_note
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 5 months
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