Amber Perillo Email & Phone Number

Englewood, Colorado, United States

• Designed and developed a new solution for automating setup processes for pilots on an existing communications suite for a military aircraft via Python and shell scripting.
• Developed a new algorithm and learned about network engineering to optimize data transmissions via a third-party tunneling software in C#.
• Additionally conducted research and testing of technologies for project deployment and assisted team members in task completion.
• Held meetings with the software team, documented the research process, and presented my work to the company.
• Worked in an Agile-Scrum development environment.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Worked with professor to grade homework and other assignments for over 200 students.
• Emphasized understanding of overarching concepts such as the nature of science through the eyes of astronomy, big ideas in planetary science, and current astronomical events.
• Consistently communicated with students about their course standing and offered additional help when needed.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Studied convection parameters of red giant and red clump stars as a function of metallicity.
• Thorough data analysis from multiple telescopes and other space instruments conducted via Python code.
• Contributed to two scientific papers to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society journal.
• Presented my research at the American Astronomical Society 240th meeting in Pasadena, CA 2022.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

• Hosted programs such as the Teen Astronomy Café where scientists could connect with high school students interested in pursuing a STEM career.
• Contributed to programs such as Globe at Night, an educational program about light pollution.
• Contributed to python code in Jupyter notebooks.
• Helped with company organization and other administrative tasks.

Computer Science

Astronomy And Astrophysics

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Rho