Yücel Kılıç
Postdoctoral Researcher at LIRA - Observatoire de Paris
Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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Top SchoolYücel Kılıç is a postdoctoral researcher and software-enabled astronomer who blends scientific inquiry with robust software engineering to advance astronomical data, archives, and analysis tools. He holds a PhD in Planetary Astronomy and Science from Akdeniz University and has 13 years of experience spanning academic research, telescope operations, and astroinformatics-driven software development. Based in Granada, Spain, and currently at Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) with an Affiliated Researcher role at LIRA - Observatoire de Paris, he collaborates on robotic telescopes, astronomical data archives, image processing, and web-based research platforms across Europe. His career includes a senior tenure at TÜBİTAK where he built data-intensive systems for astroinformatics and scientific software, complemented by earlier roles in education and observatory software development. An active open-source contributor, he turns complex scientific requirements into practical, scalable solutions, guided by the belief that great software begins by scratching a developer’s personal itch.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master of Science - MS, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Ankara UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Planetary Astronomy and Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Planetary Astronomy and Science at Akdeniz University
English, Spanish, adyghe, Turkish
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Github Skills (32)
bug-tracker10
scrum10
taiga10
gantt-chart10
kanban9
project-management9
ifc9
trello9
agile9
angular9
project-planning9
agile-development8
timetracking8
iraf8
ruby8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
myrafproject/myrafproject
Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:21 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 11 months
irafphotometrygui
akdeniz-uzay/A-Track
Feb 2015 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1 release, 225 commits, 9 PRs in 4 years 7 months
deep-learningobject-detectioncomputer-visiondetectingfits
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