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Humboldt-Penguin/README.md

Contact me: [email protected].

Hello!

I'm a fourth-year undergraduate at Rutgers University studying Physics and Computer Science. My primary research interest is Martian paleomagnetism and impact processes. I also like rock climbing :)

  • My resume (last updated February 2025).
  • My CV (last updated April 2023, very out of date).

Here are summaries/links to my repositories:

 


1. Software

RedPlanet (website) — an open-source Python library for working with various Mars geophysical datasets. We aim to streamline data analysis/visualization workflows for beginners and experts alike, so you spend less time hunting/wrangling data and more time doing cool science! KEY FEATURES:

  • Crater database which unifies [1] comprehensive database of craters D>=1km, [2] crater ages from both Hartmann and Neukum isochron-fitting, and [3] official/up-to-date IAU crater names.
  • Digital elevation models up to 200m resolution with memory-mapping, parallelization, and chunking for high-performance.
  • Mohorovičić discontinuity (crust-mantle interface) models and derived crustal thickness maps — models are parameterized by north/south crustal density, reference interior models, and crustal thickness beneath the InSight lander with a total of ~20,000 valid combinations.
  • Magnetic source depth data from spherical harmonic inversions.
  • Heat flow and Curie depth calculations from gamma-ray spectroscopy (GRS) data.
  • MAVEN magnetometer data, filtered for nighttime and low-altitude (COMING SOON).

The website/demo should be done by April 2025, but the package is available for install right away and the API is stable with new features coming out regularly!

 


2. Research

Mars GeophysicsRutgers Dept. Planetary Sciences

  • Investigating the depth/formation/timing of crustal magnetic sources and implications for history of the Martian dynamo via impact craters. Advised by Professor Lujendra Ojha.

Offshore Wind FarmsNJ Economic Development Authority

  • Fellowship studying offshore wind farms with Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) data from Sentinel-1 satellites. Advised by Professor Roger Wang.

High Energy Physics, Muon ScatteringRutgers Dept. Physics/Astronomy + Paul Scherrer Institute

  • Performing analysis/software development for the MUon Scattering Experiment (MUSE) group to investigate the proton radius puzzle. My primary contribution was developing a fast calorimeter simulation framework with Generative Adversarial Networks. Advised by Professor Ronald Gilman.

Atmospheric/Solar PhysicsNJIT Dept. Solar Physics

  • Analyzed cloud-radiation feedback systems during hurricanes with new BBSO Earthshine solar reflectance data. Advised by Professor Andrew Gerrard.

 


3. Independent Projects

Physics Simulations with VPython

  • Interactive simulations of the N-body problem, Rutherford scattering, magnetic vector fields, etc.

Space Science with SPICE

  • Analyzing Solar System orbits using NASA’s SPICE library.

Searching for Exoplanets with Lightkurve

  • Analyzing Kepler/TESS time series data for star brightness in search of transits.

Asteroid Spectra Classification with Machine Learning

  • Training multi-class Support Vector Machines (SVMs) to classify asteroid spectra.

Integrated Water Hardness Meter

  • MVP for a device that homeowners can install and use to monitor water hardness trends in pipes.

 


4. Misc

Learn Data Analysis with Python

  • We run a cluster for the Rutgers Physics department. This is one of our Spring 2023 workshops on learning basic data analysis with Python.

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  1. redplanet redplanet Public

    RedPlanet: A Python package for analyzing geophysical / remote sensing datasets on Mars

    Python 1

  2. Mars-Magnetics-Research Mars-Magnetics-Research Public

    Analyzing the crustal magnetic field around craters for signs of impact-induced magnetization to understand the direction/lifetime of Mars's internal magnetic field.

    Jupyter Notebook

  3. Physics_Simulations Physics_Simulations Public

    Visualizing physical systems with python. Click on a picture to run!

    Jupyter Notebook 2 1

  4. HapPyCal HapPyCal Public

    Jupyter Notebook

  5. Albedo-Hurricane-Research Albedo-Hurricane-Research Public

    Quantifying the correlation between cloud cover over the Northern Atlantic and Earth's solar reflectance.

    Jupyter Notebook

  6. nixos-config nixos-config Public

    Nix 1