Yuxiang Qin
DECRA Research Fellow at The Australian National University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolYuxiang Qin is a DECRA Research Fellow and astrophysicist with a decade of research experience across leading institutions in Australia and Europe. With a PhD from the University of Melbourne, he combines strong programming skills in Python, C and LaTeX with hands-on experience in computational astrophysics and large collaborative projects funded by ASTRO-3D and the ERC. He has transitioned smoothly between postdoctoral roles at Scuola Normale Superiore, University of Melbourne and now ANU, demonstrating an ability to deliver high-impact research in diverse, multidisciplinary teams. Comfortable both with rigorous theoretical work and practical software development, he often bridges the gap between complex simulations and reproducible, well-documented code. Based in Melbourne, he brings an international pedigree and a track record of securing competitive research funding early in his career.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Astronomy, Astronomy at University of Science and Technology of ChinaThe University of Melbourne
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (63)
simulation10
astronomy10
simulations10
signal10
orbital-mechanics10
planets10
remote-access10
orbit10
astrodynamics10
remote-control9
python9
tmux9
mcmc8
tauri8
remote-desktop8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
meraxes-devs/meraxes
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
The Meraxes semi-analytic galaxy formation model.
Contributions:61 reviews, 21 PRs, 14 pushes in 11 months
smutch/simslunch_site
Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 90 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
melbournesimulationsdepartmentastronomyspeakers
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