Nathaniel R. Stickley

• Currently working on data analysis pipeline software for the Euclid mission.

• Created NebulOS, a Big Data framework that allows users to easily perform large-scale data analysis, with pre-existing analysis software.
• Greatly improved the performance, scalability, flexibility, robustness, and fidelity of the photometric redshift estimation pipeline for the SPHEREx project (working on-site at Caltech). For instance, the new pipeline is nearly 10x faster per-thread and it seamlessly scales to an arbitrary number of computing nodes.
• Instructed students in the usage of Apache Spark during UCR's first Big Data Workshop.
• Built a Linux-based computing cluster for testing NebulOS and other Big Data tools.

• Developed GSnap—an advanced analysis and visualization tool for galaxy simulations.
• Performed galaxy merger simulations on supercomputers.
• Analyzed the dynamical evolution of galaxy merger simulations.
• Built a 24-core GNU/Linux workstation to perform computational work on campus.
• Trained workstation users to effectively use SMP and NUMA hardware.
• Created the website, astro.ucr.edu, for astrophysics faculty, students, and postdocs.
• Mentored an undergraduate computer engineering student.

• Taught Physics For Scientists and Engineers, part I (Classical Mechanics).
• Supervised three teaching assistants.
• I was the first physics graduate student at UC Riverside to teach a course as an Assistant Instructor.

• Taught introductory physics lab courses.
• Led physics and astronomy discussions and review sessions.
• Graded quizzes, homework assignments, lab reports, and exams.

Developed the magnetosphere modeling code, OpenConvection.

• Taught standard High School Physics and Conceptual Physics.
• Evaluated the progress of approximately 100 students each year.