Sam Morrell
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MaxLLG
Exeter, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSam Morrell is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow bridging astrophysics and environmental science with nine years' experience in observational astrophysics, computational modelling, and high-performance/cloud software engineering. He developed novel stellar characterisation methods during his PhD and now applies astrophysical analysis techniques to quantify ecological impacts of artificial light at night while managing a cross-disciplinary research programme. Alongside university teaching and occasional lecturing, he leads development and maintenance of HPC and cloud products for MaxLLG, combining domain research with production-grade simulation software. Known for crafting “fine code” and an interest in science education, he brings a rare mix of observational astronomy rigor, software engineering discipline, and practical pedagogy to collaborative research.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Richard Huish CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at University of Exeter
Dutch, Spanish, Swedish
Github Skills (12)
distributions7
chirp6
surface5
monte-carlo5
crossword5
transport4
translation4
rust3
nearest-neighbors3
crate3
netcdf2
garden2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sammorrell/lidrs
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
A rust crate for reading and representing light intensity distributions via photometric webs.
Contributions:2 releases, 48 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year
cratedistributionslightwebsrust
sammorrell/chirp-translations
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
The translations for the Chirp phone and web apps.
Contributions:31 commits, 4 PRs, 27 pushes in 7 months
chirpphonetranslationstranslationweb-apps
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