Steven Dorsher

I have had a 15+ year research career in physics and astronomy over the course of my bachelors degree, three masters degrees, and since my final graduation. Most of this (10+ years) has been in computational physics. My primary focus is in general relativity, black holes, and gravitational waves. I have also done research in cosmology, particle physics, neutrinos, exoplanets, the three body Newtonian gravity problem, and fractional calculus. 

I have 8 main publications/documents and about 35 total including membership in LIGO spanning the time of the first three detections. 

My background is primarily in scientific programming, in the context of data analysis algorithms, experiment development and assessment, and numerical methods for theory.  

Education:

• MS Physics, LSU, December 2017

•  MS Physics, U of MN, July 2013

• MS Astronomy, Ohio State, August 2006

• BS Physics, MIT, June 2004

Strongest Physics Fields:

• General Relativity

• Black Holes (EMRI's, LISA)

• Gravitational Waves (LIGO) 

• Particle Physics

Other Fields

• Neutrinos (MINOS, NOvA)

• Exoplanets

• Cosmology

• Fractional Calculus

Scientific Computing Languages:

• Currently most fluent in:

  •  Python

• Strong previous experience with: 

  • C++/C (6.5 years)

  • Fortran (5 years)

• Other previous experience with:

  • Matlab (2.5 years)

  • Java (1 year)

• Technically have used:

  • Bash

  • Scheme

  • Haskell

Databases

• Pandas

• A little SQL

• A little HBase