Thomas Robitaille
Director at Aperio Software
Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolThomas Robitaille is a director and freelance consultant specializing in scientific software, with a PhD in Astrophysics and eight years of professional experience bridging research and production-grade tooling. He is a lead developer and coordinator for Astropy and has driven major open-source projects like Glue and the Hyperion radiative transfer code, bringing academic rigor to community-driven Python libraries. His background includes leading a Max Planck research group and a NASA/Spitzer-funded postdoc at Harvard, giving him deep domain expertise in star formation and observational modeling. Now based in Lincoln, UK, he runs Aperio Software, combining consulting, project management, and programming education to help teams adopt sustainable scientific software practices. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex astrophysical models into user-friendly, well-documented tools that scale beyond academia.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
PhD, Astrophysics, PhD, Astrophysics at University of St. Andrews
English, French, German, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (43)
python10
ipython10
forge10
warnings10
smithy10
spectral9
histogram9
conda9
hyperion8
quantile8
bqplot8
echo8
conda-forge7
ssa7
scatter7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
conda-forge/pytest-arraydiff-feedstock
Dec 2018 - Aug 2023
A conda-smithy repository for pytest-arraydiff.
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 years 9 months
pythoncondasmithypytest
conda-forge/sphinx-astropy-feedstock
Mar 2018 - Aug 2023
A conda-smithy repository for sphinx-astropy.
Contributions:8 PRs, 4 pushes, 4 comments in 5 years 5 months
pythoncondasmithyastropysphinx
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