Roberto Lionello
Research Scientist at Predictive Science, Inc.
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolRoberto Lionello is a research scientist with 12+ years focused on numerical simulations of the solar corona, solar wind, and coronal mass ejections, currently based in San Diego. With a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Florence and a career spanning SAIC and Predictive Science, he specializes in implementing numerical algorithms on vector and parallel supercomputers to tackle large-scale astrophysical problems. He pairs deep domain expertise in solar physics with hands-on software skills, including full‑stack contributions to open-source projects like Divinum Officium where he automated content pipelines and localization scripts. Colleagues rely on him for robust simulation codes that translate complex theory into production-ready models, and his early international collaborations reflect a long-standing habit of bridging academic insight with practical engineering.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctorate, Astronomy, Doctorate, Astronomy at Università degli Studi di Firenze / University of FlorenceLaurea, Astronomy, Laurea, Astronomy at Università di Bologna / University of Bologna
English
Github Skills (6)
lit10
bref10
html10
perl10
scripting10
file-management9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
DivinumOfficium/divinum-officium
Jan 2014 - Dec 2022
The Divinum Officium Project: Traditional Roman Missal and Breviary Texts
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:430 commits, 226 pushes, 47 comments in 9 years
Contributions summary:Roberto primarily contributed to the Divinum Officium project by adding and modifying Italian translations of liturgical texts. Their work involved scripting to convert monthly files into daily files, as well as updating HTML files for credits and other information. The user also made several changes to the project's scripts and configurations, demonstrating familiarity with the project's codebase and structure.
catholicliturgytextstraditionalbreviary
rl1234567890/lexicon
Aug 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:28 pushes in 1 year
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