Shane Maloney
Senior Research Fellow at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Ireland
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Top SchoolShane Maloney is a Senior Research Fellow with nine years of professional experience combining astrophysics research and software engineering, currently based at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from Trinity College Dublin and a First Class BSc in Physics from UCD, and has bridged academic and industry work from NASA Goddard prototyping Helioviewer to senior development at Skytek. Shane contributes to major open-source astronomy tooling—most notably adding custom coordinate frame support to astropy’s WCSAxes—demonstrating expertise in scientific visualization, coordinate systems, and reproducible workflows. He blends hands-on backend development (Python) with domain knowledge in solar physics, enabling practical tools for the research community while maintaining strong documentation and testing practices.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at Trinity College, DublinBachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, First Class Honours at University College Dublin
Github Skills (5)
astropy10
python10
astrophysics10
astronomy10
testing9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
astropy/astropy
Oct 2017 - Jan 2025
Astronomy and astrophysics core library
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 21 comments in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Shane primarily contributed to the `astropy/astropy` project by adding support for custom coordinate frames within the `WCSAxes` visualization module. Their work involved creating context managers and modifying the `wcsapi.py` file to handle custom coordinate mappings. They also added tests and updated documentation, enhancing the usability and functionality of the visualization tools for astronomical data.
astrologypythonscienceastrophysicsastrodynamics
samaloney/astropy
Oct 2017 - Jan 2025
Repository for the Astropy core package
Contributions:15 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 3 months
astrologyastropypythoncore-package
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