cv
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Basics
Name | John R. Weaver |
Label | Astrophysicist / Postdoctoral Research Associate |
john.weaver.astro@gmail.com | |
Url | https://astroweaver.github.io |
Summary | John R. Weaver is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Copenhagen and an MPhys (Honours) from the University of St Andrews, with extensive experience in photometry, spectroscopy, and data handling in astrophysics. For a complete overview of his career, refer to his full CV. |
Work
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2022 - 2025 Amherst, MA, USA
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2020.03 - 2020.06 Hawaii, USA
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2019.03 - 2019.06 Pasadena, CA, USA
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2018.01 - 2018.03 Paris, France
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2017.06 - 2017.09 Heidelberg, Germany
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2016.06 - 2016.09 Leiden, Netherlands
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2016 - 2018 St Andrews, UK
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2016 - 2019 Boston, MA, USA
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2015.06 - 2015.09 Nantucket, MA, USA
Education
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2018 - 2022 PhD
University of Copenhagen
Astrophysics
- Thesis: COSMOS2020: Insights into galaxy assembly and evolution over the first 10 billion years, with Sune Toft
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2013 - 2018 MPhys (Honours) with Astrophysics
University of St Andrews
Astrophysics
- Thesis: Exploring the origins of bimodality: post-starburst galaxies at z < 0.1, with Vivienne Wild
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2012 - 2013 -
2009 - 2013
Awards
- 2023
Best Astrophysics PhD Thesis in Denmark
The Instrument Center for Danish Astrophysics
- 2023
Outstanding PhD Thesis Award
University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science
- 2021
Best Science Course Award; Teacher Assistant
Applied Statistics, University of Copenhagen
- 2018
Best Astrophysics Masters Thesis
University of St Andrews
- 2016.2018
Margaret Mayall Fellowship
American Association of Variable Star Observers
- 2017
Juno Champion & Athena Swan Equality/Inclusion Awards
University of St Andrews
Co-authored application for Equality & Diversity Committee awards
- 2013
International Undergraduate Scholarship
University of St Andrews
Skills
Data Handling - Photometry | |
Swarp | |
PSFEx | |
The Farmer | |
SourceExtractor | |
aperpy | |
EAzY | |
LePHARE | |
Bagpipes | |
The Tractor |
Spectroscopy | |
grism | |
integral field | |
msaexp | |
pPFX | |
Bagpipes | |
Prospector |
Programming | |
Python | |
FORTRAN (77, 95) |
Web Development | |
Python-Django | |
MySQL | |
HTML | |
CSS |