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Basics

Name John R. Weaver
Label Astrophysicist / Brinson Prize Fellow
Email john.weaver.astro@gmail.com
Url https://astroweaver.github.io
Summary John R. Weaver is a Brinson Prize Fellow at MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. 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

Education

  • 2018 - 2022
    PhD
    University of Copenhagen
    Astrophysics
    • Thesis: COSMOS2020: Insights into galaxy assembly and evolution over the first 10 billion years, with Sune Toft
  • 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
  • 2012 - 2013
    Scholarship Program (2 courses)
    Connecticut College
    Astronomy
  • 2009 - 2013
    High School Diploma
    The Williams School
    High School

Awards

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