Ryan Petersburg
Senior Professional Staff at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Petersburg is a Senior Professional Staff scientist and recent Physics Ph.D. with 11 years of experience applying advanced software and hardware skills to precision instrumentation and space science missions. He is an expert Python developer (SciPy, Astropy, pandas, scikit-learn, Jupyter) who led a 5-person team to build a 25,000+ line image-processing pipeline for the EXPRES spectrograph, integrating ML algorithms and SQL-backed data workflows and publishing results in top journals. At Yale he prototyped a cost-effective laser frequency comb and designed fiber-optic testbeds and components, demonstrating an ability to translate novel lab prototypes into mission-grade metrology. Now at JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, he combines hands-on instrument design, lab stewardship, and GitHub-centered collaboration with strong communication and project leadership honed through teaching, conference presentations, and student government. Based in Washington, D.C., he brings a rare mix of optical/microwave hardware experience and data-driven software engineering suited to applied science and engineering roles supporting space missions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., M.S., & M.Phil., Physics, Ph.D., M.S., & M.Phil., Physics at Yale UniversityBachelor of Arts, Highest Distinction, Physics, Music, GPA: 3.98, Bachelor of Arts, Highest Distinction, Physics, Music, GPA: 3.98 at UNC Chapel HillHigh School Diploma, GPA: 4.0 unweighted, High School Diploma, GPA: 4.0 unweighted at Athens Drive High School
Latin, German
Stackoverflow
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rpetersburg/fiber_properties
Apr 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:183 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 8 months
rpetersburg/expres_agitator
Dec 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 61 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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