Tom Wagg
Flatiron Research Fellow
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolTom Wagg is an astrophysicist and computational researcher with eight years of experience studying binary stars, stellar evolution, and galactic dynamics using large-scale simulations. Currently a Flatiron Research Fellow at the Simons Foundation’s Center for Computational Astrophysics, he transitioned from a PhD program at the University of Washington and prior research roles at Harvard/CfA focused on massive stars and gravitational-wave sources like LISA targets. He combines rigorous theoretical work with practical software skills—building simulation pipelines in Python and C on high-performance clusters—to probe how stellar pairs interact over cosmic time. Tom’s background bridging undergraduate honors at Harvard, web programming, and diverse research projects gives him a rare mix of computational craftsmanship and domain insight into both population-scale models and observationally relevant predictions.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Astronomy, Master of Science - MS, Astronomy at University of Washington13 GCSEs, 4 A Levels, EPQ, 13 A*s at GCSE, 3 A*s and an A at A level, A* in EPQ, 13 GCSEs, 4 A Levels, EPQ, 13 A*s at GCSE, 3 A*s and an A at A level, A* in EPQ at Newcastle-under-Lyme SchoolBachelor of Arts - BA, Astrophysics and Physics, Highest Honours, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Astrophysics and Physics, Highest Honours at Harvard University
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Github Skills (110)
excel10
xls10
csv10
xlsx10
xlsxwriter10
excel-import10
hierarchical10
exceljs10
worksheet10
orbital-mechanics9
compas9
rapid9
planet9
detectors9
synthesis9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
TomWagg/LEGWORK
Jan 2021 - Jan 2025
simple package for gravitational wave calculations
Contributions:1 review, 140 pushes, 89 branches in 4 years
gravitationalwavepythoncalculations
TomWagg/COSMIC
Oct 2022 - Feb 2025
COSMIC (Compact Object Synthesis and Monte Carlo Investigation Code)
Contributions:3 PRs, 32 pushes, 24 branches in 2 years 4 months
investigationcrosswordcompactsynthesismonte-carlo
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