Robel Geda
PHD Candidate
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobel Geda is an astrophysics PhD candidate at Princeton with 11 years of experience building scientific software, data pipelines, and visualizations for major observatories and research groups. He has supported HST and JWST operations at the Space Telescope Science Institute and developed high-performance GPGPU and simulation tools at Rutgers, combining astrophysics insight with production-grade engineering in C/C++, Python, CUDA, and visualization stacks. As a back-end contributor to the widely-used glue visualization library, he improved dataset merging, WCS handling, and FITS unit compatibility—work that bridges astronomy data formats and interactive analysis. Comfortable moving between research and engineering, he specializes in turning large N-body and instrument simulation outputs into reproducible, visual science products.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Absegami High SchoolB.S. Astrophysics and B.A.Computer Science, B.S. Astrophysics and B.A.Computer Science at Rutgers University
English
Github Skills (8)
fits10
astropy10
python10
data-science10
wcs9
visualizations9
linked-data9
visualization9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
glue-viz/glue
Aug 2017 - May 2018
Linked Data Visualizations Across Multiple Files
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Robel primarily contributed to enhancing the core functionality and data handling within the `glue` visualization library, focusing on features related to data merging and coordinate systems. Their work involved prioritizing data with WCS (World Coordinate System) during dataset merging and adapting the codebase to handle unit information in FITS files. Key changes included modifying data factories and exporters, demonstrating a focus on data format compatibility and core data processing logic. Additionally, the user addressed a table subscription issue by integrating and managing the appropriate messages.
linked-datavisualizationspythonvisualizationdata-science
robelgeda/project_folder
Jul 2019 - Jul 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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