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Geert Barentsen

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San Francisco, California

Hi there! 👋 I am a software engineer with a curiosity for science gone out of hand. I have degrees in both Computer Science (MSc) and Physics (PhD) and benefit from 10+ years experience in building scientific software and analyzing big data. My experience includes diverse projects at three universities 👨‍🎓, two space agencies 🚀, and one meteorological institute 🌤.

In recent years, I was part of the team that rescued NASA's award-winning Kepler Space Telescope. I was privileged to experience first hand how a small team of skilled engineers can achieve miracles when given the freedom to take risks, prototype rapidly, and collaborate in a positive culture. It enabled us to rescue the spacecraft and extend the mission by four years, leading to the discovery of 300+ new exoplanets.

In my spare time, I love building open source software tools for science!

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Featured work

  1. barentsen/amunra-sphinx-theme

    A minimalist theme for Sphinx based on Bootstrap.

    HTML 5
  2. astropy/astropy

    Astronomy and astrophysics core library

    Python 4,302
  3. barentsen/k2flix

    Create beautiful quicklook movies from the pixel data observed by NASA's Kepler/K2/TESS spacecraft.

    Python 4
  4. barentsen/how-to-find-a-planet

    How to find a planet using a few lines of Python code? This repository will reveal the secret!

    Jupyter Notebook 21
  5. barentsen/cometcurve

    A fuzzy-tailed package for fitting the light curves of comets.

    TeX 3

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