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McGill Space Institute

RADIO ASTRONOMY RESEARCHER

Montreal, QC, Canada

Performed sensitivity analysis on a new fast folding algorithm to find unique kind of pulsar
Used supercomputer to perform simulations to detect artificial signals injected in real astrophysical data
Searched for Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) into the Arecibo Telescope data
Evaluated single pulse data to create training set for an artificial intelligence algorithm
Tested radar removal algorithm using

PRESTO HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITÄT, RISE DAAD

QUANTUM OPTICS RESEARCHER

Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany

Built laser system to excite ytterbium atoms in ultracold gases to highly energetic Rydberg states
Presented my work at University of Heidelberg at the RISE DAAD conference
Learned how to design optical systems and manipulate optical fibers
Transformed infrared light into blue light using a nonlinear crystal

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY

GAIA MISSION SCIENCE TRAINEE

Noordwijk, ZH, Netherlands

Performed data analysis on first data release from the Gaia Mission featuring over a billion stars
Learned about astrometry and mission design
Assisted a CDF session and learned how to use OCDT, a concurrent design tool
Performed simulations on young variable stars and binary stars predicting their astrometric signatures
Learned how to handle large data sets and manipulated different file types using Python and TOPCAT

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