Kim MCALPINE

Kim McAlpine

Science Pipelines Developer, SARAO

Kim McAlpine is a developer in the Science Data Processor team of the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO). She received her PhD in Radio Astronomy in 2012 from Rhodes University.

She worked as a post-doctoral research fellow and a lecturer at the University of the Western Cape from 2012 to 2017 focusing mostly on research topics in radio continuum astronomy.

Areas of Expertise:

• Radio continuum studies of AGN and star-forming galaxies
• Cross-matching Radio and Optical Surveys
• Automatic, real-time calibration of Radio Interferometric Datasets