Kelle Cruz


Kelle Cruz is an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Hunter College, a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), and a Visiting Scholar at the Flatiron Institute in New York, NY.  

Positions

Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College
Physics, CUNY Graduate Center
Astrophysics, CUNY Graduate Center

    Projects

    • The AstroDB Toolkit – a toolkit that makes it easier for Astronomers to make their own collaborative databases.
    • BDNYC – Brown Dwarfs in New York City research group focusing on low-mass star, brown dwarf, and exoplanet atmospheres.
    • Astropy – Open-source community for a common core Python package for Astronomy and an ecosystem of Affiliated Packages.

    Academic Interests

    Astronomy, scientific software education, research software engineering, software development, data management.