Ziggy Pleunis
Assistant Professor at University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolZiggy Pleunis is an assistant professor and radio astronomer with nine years of experience specializing in the detection and characterization of millisecond fast radio bursts (FRBs) using facilities like CHIME and LOFAR. He combines observational expertise across wavelengths with data-driven techniques to tackle one of astrophysics’ most compelling mysteries: the origins of powerful extragalactic radio flashes. Holding a PhD from McGill and an MSc/BSc from the University of Amsterdam, he has held research and teaching roles at leading institutions including ASTRON, University of Toronto, and McGill. Ziggy leads and collaborates on multi-telescope studies of pulsars and FRBs, translating large, heterogeneous datasets into robust astrophysical constraints. He is known for bridging instrumentation, software, and theory—comfortable both developing analysis pipelines and interpreting their astrophysical implications. Based in Amsterdam, he also pursues interdisciplinary approaches and mentoring, reflected in a steady record of fellowships and visiting appointments.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Wolfram Science Summer SchoolGymnasium-β, Gymnasium-β at Titus BrandsmalyceumMaster of Science (MSc), Master of Science (MSc) at University of AmsterdamDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at McGill University
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (8)
wrangle5
open-data4
latex3
astronomy2
citation2
bibtex2
collaboration1
cli1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zpleunis/dfdt
Sep 2020 - Nov 2022
Linear drift rate measurements for fast radio bursts
Contributions:29 commits, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 2 months
zpleunis/presto
Sep 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
pythonpulsaranalysis-toolkit
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