Astrophysicist and Data Scientist. From academia to industry.
Astrophysicist transitioning to industry with experience developing GPU-optimized machine learning tools, data analysis workflows, and pipelines for large-scale time-series and image processing.
- 📄 34 refereed publications, 774 citations.
- ⚙️ Python, C, C++, git, GitHub CI/CD, JAX, TensorFlow, HTML/CSS/JS, VueJS, Svelte, SQL.
Experience
Center for Computational Astrophysics – Research Fellow
New York City, USA (2023–2025)
- Led a high-impact scientific program with the James Webb Space Telescope, managing a team of 15 scientists.
- Developed, released, and maintained jaxoplanet (a suite of models to analyze large astronomical time-series datasets), nuance (a Gaussian process algorithm to detect periodic signals in time-series dominated by red noise), and spotter (a framework to stochastically model active stellar surfaces). These tools are powered by JAX and optimized for GPUs/TPUs.
- Published all research as open-source Python packages with comprehensive documentation, CI/CD, and unit testing.
University of Liège – Graduate Research Assistant
Belgium (2019–2023)
- Maintained and remotely operated large robotic telescopes for the SPECULOOS project. Developed a fully automated image processing pipeline running daily to transform raw data into scientific products. Built and maintained web dashboards for data analysis monitoring and visualization (40 users).
- Developed, released, and maintained prose (astronomical image processing pipelines), twirl (pattern matching for stellar asterisms), and ballet (CNN for stellar PSF fitting).
European Space Agency – Engineer
Noordwijk, Netherlands (2017–2018)
- Applied machine learning to collect data and predict costs for future space missions.
CERN – Technical Student
Geneva, Switzerland (2016–2017)
Education
PhD in Astronomy – University of LiègeBelgium (2023)
Engineering Degree in Optical Systems – Institut d'OptiqueParis, France (2017)
Master in Computer Science – University of BordeauxFrance (2017)
License in Physics – University Paris-SaclayFrance (2014)