Trey Wenger
Assistant Professor Of Physics at California State University, Chico
Chico, California, United States
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Top SchoolTrey Wenger is an assistant professor of physics at California State University, Chico with 11 years of experience in astrophysics, software development, statistical analysis, and data visualization. His research traces back to a PhD on the structure of the Milky Way and includes postdoctoral work at the National Research Council Canada and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He blends observational radio astronomy expertise with practical coding skills to turn complex datasets into compelling visual and statistical narratives. Based in Chico, California, Trey is comfortable moving between teaching, research, and reproducible computational workflows, and he brings a proven track record of mentoring students through hands-on data projects. Uncommonly for an academic, he pairs deep domain knowledge with a developer’s mindset, accelerating the path from raw survey data to publishable science.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Astronomy and Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Astronomy and Physics at Boston UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Astronomy at University of Virginia
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (74)
probabilistic-programming10
python10
computational-science10
multidimensional-arrays10
mcmc10
wysiwyg10
extensible10
linear-programming10
bayesian-inference10
optimization10
markdown10
document-management10
statistics10
operations-research10
knowledge-management10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tvwenger/kd
Nov 2017 - Nov 2021
Utilities to calculate kinematic distances
Contributions:3 releases, 41 commits, 2 PRs in 4 years
calculatedistances
tvwenger/caribou_hi
Mar 2024 - Jul 2025
A Bayesian Model of the Diffuse Neutral Interstellar Medium
Contributions:8 releases, 24 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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