Andrew Collette

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Andrew Collette

Vice President, Product Engineering

Andrew holds a Ph.D. in plasma physics from UCLA. He is a Python leader, and is the founder of the HDF5 for the Python (h5py) software project.

Before joining Enthought, Andrew worked as an experimental physicist at the University of Colorado’s IMPACT hypervelocity accelerator facility, studying the effects of high-speed micrometeoroid impacts on planetary surfaces and spacecraft and operated a consulting company focused on HDF and LabVIEW-based software.

During his graduate studies, Andrew worked on expanding laser-produced plasmas at the Basic Plasma Science Facility at UCLA. In his free time, Andrew is involved in a number of projects including amateur astronomy, electronics, and software-defined radio.