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.
10 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 (87)
astronomy10
forge10
astrophysics10
simulation10
cosmology10
camp10
hierarchical10
modeling10
core-library9
sampling9
orbital-mechanics9
pipeline9
abaqus9
astrology9
science9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sibirrer/mpipso
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022
MPI Particle Swarm Optimization
Contributions:1 review, 6 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 10 months
particlempiswarmoptimizationacceleration
sibirrer/astrofunc
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 128 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
pythonastronomy
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