Douglas Roberts
President And CEO at Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Miami, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolDouglas Roberts is a science and technology leader with 29 years of experience blending astrophysics, visualization, and museum innovation; he currently serves as President and CEO of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. He has steered major digital and public-experience transformations at institutions including the Adler Planetarium and Fort Worth Museum, and led the WorldWide Telescope initiative to bridge research-grade tools with public outreach. Trained as a PhD physicist focused on the Galactic Center, Douglas pairs deep research credentials with hands-on technical leadership—building visualization labs, planetarium content, and cloud-hosted science platforms. He is known for translating complex astronomical data into immersive, audience-ready experiences and for forging academic, industry, and public partnerships to expand access to science.
29 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics with an emphasis in Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics with an emphasis in Astronomy at University of Oklahoma
Github Skills (25)
cpp9
telescope8
explore8
universe7
knockoutjs6
browser4
windows-application4
windows4
webserver4
coredata3
sky1
large-scale1
tiles1
planetary1
image-processing1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
casacore/casacore
Mar 1997 - Jan 2000
Suite of C++ libraries for radio astronomy data processing
Contributions:16 commits in 2 years 11 months
cpp
WorldWideTelescope/worldwidetelescope.github.io
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
The hub website for contributors to WorldWide Telescope.
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 months
aasworldwidetelescope
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