Simon Birrer
Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University
New York, United States
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Top SchoolSimon Birrer is an Assistant Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at Stony Brook University with 11 years of research experience spanning postdoctoral positions at Stanford and UCLA and a PhD from ETH Zürich. His work bridges theoretical and observational cosmology, informed by a strong physics foundation from ETH and an international perspective gained during an exchange at HKUST. Having progressed rapidly from PhD candidate to faculty, he brings hands-on experience with cutting-edge astrophysical problems and mentoring in top research environments. Based in New York, he combines rigorous academic training with collaborative, interdisciplinary research approaches that emphasize connecting theory to data.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at ETH ZürichHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Github Skills (69)
astronomy10
astrophysics10
simulation10
cosmology10
camp10
hierarchical10
modeling10
core-library9
journal9
abaqus9
science9
wolfram-language9
python9
open-access8
simulations8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sibirrer/PHY517_AST443
Aug 2023 - Feb 2026
PHY 517 / AST 443 - Observational Techniques in Astronomy
Contributions:2 PRs, 38 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 6 months
sibirrer/pyextractor
May 2016 - Jul 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 3 years 2 months
python-wrapperpythonpython3modification
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