Simon Stevenson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Stevenson is a postdoctoral researcher and ARC DECRA fellow at Swinburne University of Technology with nine years of experience studying the formation of gravitational-wave sources through binary stellar evolution. A member of OzGrav and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, he bridges theoretical astrophysics and observational gravitational-wave science to trace how compact binaries form and merge. His PhD from the University of Birmingham and earlier master's work at Cardiff underpin a strong foundation in physics, while his sustained postdoc role since 2017 reflects deep domain expertise. Beyond publications, he brings a researcher’s instinct for connecting stellar evolution models to detectable signals, helping translate complex astrophysical processes into testable predictions for current detectors.
9 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Physics, Master's degree, Physics at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of Birmingham
English
Github Skills (15)
synthesis10
compas10
cosmology10
diffraction10
hierarchical10
rapid10
dynamics6
astronomy4
astrodynamics4
python4
physics4
orbital-mechanics4
astrophysics4
scientific-computing3
mcmc1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SimonStevenson/COMPAS
Apr 2020 - May 2020
COMPAS rapid binary population synthesis code
Contributions:12 pushes, 5 branches in 27 days
population-synthesiscompassynthesistlac-plus-plus
SimonStevenson/SimonStevenson.github.io
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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