Biography
Chun Ly is the Research Data Developer at the Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory and an Affiliate Assistant Astronomer at Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona (UofA). He is responsible for developing an ORCiD integration for the management of ORCiD profiles for PPPL researchers and for automating the dissemination of open-access publications at a top-tier Department of Energy laboratory.
In his previous role at the UofA, he was the Research Data Systems Integration Specialist where he built and maintained the UofA research data repository service (ReDATA) that enables open and reproducible science at the UofA.
He enjoys developing open-source software with Python and spends his time thinking about “DevOps” and how to implement it in reproducible research.
Chun earned his Bachelor's degrees in Astronomy and Physics from the UofA, and received his Master's and Ph.D. from the University of California−Los Angeles. After completing his Ph.D., Chun held a Giacconi Postdoctoral Fellowship position at the Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore, MD) and a NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD). He was a Queue Observer for the MMT Observatory (Mt. Hopkins, AZ) between 2016 and 2019.
Interests
- Open source software
- Automation with software and infrastructure
- Galaxy formation and evolution
- Astronomical data processing
- Open and reproducible science
- Enabling digital literacy with student mentoring, Software Carpentry, and Research Bazaar Arizona
Education
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Ph.D. in Astronomy, 2010
University of California, Los Angeles
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M.S. in Astronomy, 2006
University of California, Los Angeles
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B.S. in Astronomy and Physics, 2004
University of Arizona
