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# Andrea Zonca
**Lead of Scientific Computing Applications, San Diego Supercomputer Center**
San Diego, CA
Email: zonca username on the UCSD domain ucsd.edu | Website: [zonca.dev](https://zonca.dev) | GitHub: [github.com/zonca](https://github.com/zonca)

## Summary
Leader in scientific computing and cosmology data analysis with deep expertise in Python, HPC, and distributed systems. Supporting researchers across disciplines in scaling data-intensive workflows to supercomputing infrastructure. Key contributor to major astrophysics collaborations including Planck, Simons Observatory, and CMB-S4.

## Experience

### San Diego Supercomputer Center
**Lead of Scientific Computing Applications group**
*Apr 2023 – Present*
- Lead group assisting researchers in porting and optimizing HPC workloads
- Expertise in Python, parallelism, Kubernetes, and distributed systems (e.g., JupyterHub, Dask)
- Collaborates with Jetstream 2 on cloud HPC infrastructure
- Super Resolution AI development for simulating Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data

**HPC Applications Specialist**
*Dec 2013 – Apr 2023*
- Deployed data pipelines on SDSC clusters
- Collaborated with LBNL on CMB simulations
- Supported national HPC users via XSEDE

### UC Santa Barbara / NASA JPL
**Senior Postdoctoral Fellow**
*Sep 2011 – Dec 2013*
- Developed Python/C++/MPI tools for Planck LFI data analysis
- Focused on calibration, systematics, and map-making

**Postdoctoral Scholar**
*Sep 2009 – Aug 2011*
- Analyzed radiometer systematics for the Planck mission

### IASF INAF Milano
**Postdoc & Graduate Fellow**
*2007 – 2009*
- Characterized LFI bandpass
- Supported cryogenic testing and HFI/LFI correlation

### Other Roles
- **Thales Alenia Space (2006–2007):** LFI test campaign support
- **GMV Space Systems (2005):** Entry dynamics simulation
- **ESA/ESTEC (2004):** Space mission design (Aerospace Engineering Master thesis)

## Education
- **PhD**, Astroparticles Physics – Università degli Studi di Milano, 2009
- **MSc**, Aerospace Engineering – Politecnico di Milano, 2004

## Skills & Languages
**Skills:** Python, HPC, Kubernetes, Parallel Programming
**Languages:** Italian (Native), English (Professional), Spanish (Limited), French (Elementary)

## Awards & Certifications
- ESA Aurora Space Mission Design Contest Winner
- RAS Group Award, Gruber Prize, Cocconi Prize, NASA Group Award

## Publications
- [Planck 2015 Cosmological Parameters Paper — over 40,000 citations](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=wuR3UQ4AAAAJ&citation_for_view=wuR3UQ4AAAAJ:NaGl4SEjCO4C)
- [Complete publication list on arXiv](http://bit.ly/zoncapapers)