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Thomas Culp

I'm a data scientist with Klaviyo where we are creating the self-driving car of marketing for e-commerce. Previously, I was at Day Zero Diagnostics researching machine learning applied to the problem of determining antibiotic resistance quickly and reliably. I graduated with a degree in physics and math with a secondary in computer science at Harvard University where I enjoyed and was actively involved in being a research assistant and course assistant.

physics projects

  • early 2016: classification of galaxy mergers using IR photometry. See this paper.
    Advised by Dr. Howard Smith (Harvard Center for Astrophysics).
  • 2016: 12.4 GHz spectrum analysis using a SignalHound spectrum analyzer to understand EM interference in observation windows of the BICEP/Keck array CMB experiment. See relevant poster. This website is one product of this analysis.
    Advised by Prof. John Kovac, Dr. Kirit Karkare (Harvard College Observatory).
  • 2017: WVR analysis of atmosphere above premier CMB observation sites. Name of the game: 4 Tsky measurements from WVR bands → 1 PWV estimate. See this paper.
    Advised by Prof. John Kovac, Dr. Denis Barkats (Harvard College Observatory).
  • early 2018: investigation of primordial standard clock signal in matter power spectrum (can experiment ever detect one?). Computed Fisher matrix elements for large Ω. See this paper.
    Advised by Prof. Xingang Chen (Harvard Center for Astrophysics).
  • 2018: expanding JUNIPR to use more physical observables to achieve optimal discrimination of up/down quark jets (and hopefully other jets too!).
    Advised by Prof. Matthew Schwartz, Dr. Anders Andreassen (Harvard Center for Fundamental Laws of Nature, High Energy Theory Group).

teaching

  • Spring 2017: Math 21b (linear algebra) course assistant.
  • Summer 2018: Math S-1a (intro single variable calculus) teaching fellow.
  • Fall 2018: Physics 251a (advanced quantum mechanics) course assistant.

work experience

volunteering

  • 2015-2018: President, treasurer, and teacher with the Digital Literacy Project at Harvard, teaching computer science to underserved Boston youth.