Stephen Taylor
Associate Professor Of Physics & Astronomy
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Taylor is an Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt specializing in the interface of astrostatistics and computational astrophysics, with 11 years of experience probing gravitational-wave signals using networks of galactic millisecond pulsars. He combines deep expertise in physics and mathematics with advanced data science and high-performance computing—writing production-grade code in C/C++, Python, Matlab and accelerating algorithms on GPUs—to extract ultra-low-frequency gravitational-wave signatures and trace the origins of LIGO’s compact objects. A Cambridge PhD and former NANOGrav fellow, he has played central roles in international pulsar timing collaborations and applied Bayesian and statistical inference at scale. Stephen is equally committed to mentoring and public outreach, translating complex astrophysics into engaging undergraduate teaching and community events. He brings a problem-solver’s curiosity and readiness for new challenges, often blending theoretical insight with pragmatic software development to turn noisy astrophysical data into discovery.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Secondary education, Secondary education at Wallace High SchoolMPhys, Physics, First Class, MPhys, Physics, First Class at University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics at University of Cambridge
French, German, Russian
Github Skills (37)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
stevertaylor/astr_8070_s21
Jan 2021 - May 2021
Spring 2021 course materials for ASTR 8070: Astrostatistics
Contributions:138 pushes in 4 months
guavaspringastrostatistics
stevertaylor/NX01
Oct 2014 - Oct 2017
Contributions:3 releases, 685 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 11 months
arraypulsarcode-analysis
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