MSc Astronomy | Software Developer
I am a software developer with expertise in backend web development, machine learning, cryptocurrency/blockchain and cybersecurity. See my Resume for details.
I studied Astronomy and I was working towards completing my PhD at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. For a full account of my research activities, please see my CV.
I like to create rogue-like video games, experiment with electronics, and I consider myself a recreational mathematician. I also like brewing mead, baking and creating desserts.
I maintain a blog where I document my mead-making adventures, and I also have a personal blog where I explore topics in mathematics and programming.
Golang, Node.js, Python
Scikit-Learn, Keras, TensorFlow
Blockchain, Payment Systems
Software Vulnerabilities
Fortran, Python, OpenMP
C++, Python, Rogue-Like
The majority of my early research in Astronomy has been observational in nature, and the bulk of that is concentrated in Stellar Astronomy. In terms of observational experience, I have been involved with three surveys: A Short-Period Binary Survey (Prof. Rucinski, University of Toronto), a Shell Star and a Nearby Star Survey (Prof. Garrison, University of Toronto).
For my Honours Thesis, I looked at gravitationally scattered dust/planetessimals as a possible source for extrasolar meteorites (Prof. Murray, CITA).
In another study, I simulated observations with ALMA and I looked at the distinguishability of some simple star formation models (Prof. Johnstone, University of Victoria).
I modeled PSFs for the Thirty Meter Telescope Project and detection probabilities of high-redshift galaxies, as well as assessing potential Astronomical sites for the TMT (Prof. Carlberg, University of Toronto).
I studied β Pictoris with secular evolutions models for my MSc (Prof. Hahn, Saint Mary's Unversity).
For my PhD at Queen's University under Prof. Duncan, I was studying the formation of the giant planets (Jupiter and Saturn) in our Solar system, in particular how a gas disk impacted the interaction between gravitational forces from planetary embryos and the planetessimal disk from which they formed. This lead to a publication of our initial results, which I was extending as a survival mechanism for planetary embryos in nascent planetary disks.
I have a notebook capturing my recent research.
contact [at] chriscapobianco [dot] com