Wesley Peters
Middle School Science Teacher at Cincinnati Classical Academy
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWesley Peters is an astronomer-turned-data scientist with eight years of analytical programming experience and a PhD in Astronomy, now bringing that quantitative rigor to roles at Allstate and as a middle school science teacher in Cincinnati. He has deep hands-on experience developing scientific code in C, Fortran, C++, and Python for photometric analysis and simulated galaxy imaging, plus practical ML work from regressions to paragraph vectors. Wesley is also a self-taught graphics programmer fluent in DX11/DX12, OpenGL and recent DXR raytracing—an unusual hobby that informs his data visualization and algorithmic intuition. His background includes telescope observations, published research, and presenting to domain experts, giving him a rare mix of academic research discipline and production-focused data science. He enjoys translating complex scientific concepts into accessible lessons for students while building robust analytical tooling in industry.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Astronomy, Bachelor of Science - BS, Astronomy at Case Western Reserve UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy at Georgia State University
Github Skills (3)
rendering-3d-graphics8
api-framework7
game-engine5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wesExpress/GameEngine2D
Dec 2019 - Mar 2020
Following along with development of the Hazel Engine
Contributions:69 commits, 13 PRs, 36 pushes in 3 months
hazelfollowing
wesExpress/DarkMatter
Aug 2023 - Jul 2026
Contributions:8 PRs, 147 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years 11 months
3d-graphicscgame-engine
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