简历
Duna Feline
Senior Mischief Engineer, Ph.C., Certified Box Inspector
概要
Curious-by-nature cat with a Ph.C. (Doctor of Philosophy in Cat) and 5+ years of cat-tree scratching experience. Always lands on her feet: takes ambiguous cardboard boxes from first sniff to full occupancy, and ships naps, purrs, and head boops that humans rely on daily (rarely knocking things over).
- Languages/Tools
- MeowPurrChirpSlow BlinkHiss (deprecated)Scratching PostLaser PointerYarn
- Skills
- Box InspectionNappingBird WatchingCounter SurfingZoomiesLap Acquisition
经历
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Living Room
Head of Windowsill Operations · Sunbeam Estates
Apr 2023 – Present- Initiated and led “Operation Red Dot”, a household-wide laser-pointer pursuit program spanning 12 rooms, with a perfectly consistent record of zero dots caught
- Monitored 400+ birds and 37 squirrels a day from the bay window, chirping alerts in under 2 seconds
- Cut 5 a.m. breakfast latency by 60% with a new wake-up protocol: paw tap, face sit, vase nudge
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Garage
Senior Box Inspector · Cardboard Box Co.
Feb 2020 – Mar 2023- Inspected 1,200 boxes of every size, confirming “if it fits, I sits” across 98% of form factors
- Shipped “Hairball Express”, a chirp that warns humans 30 seconds before delivery (on the rug)
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Any Warm Laundry
Professional Napper · Catnip Farms
Jul 2017 – Jan 2020- Logged 2M sunbeam-minutes of napping across a multi-room portfolio of beds, boxes, and baskets
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Cage 3B
Kitten Intern · Happy Paws Shelter
Jun 2016 – Sep 2016- Delivered three toy mice per day to the volunteers’ shoes, establishing a reputation for reliable gifting
项目
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Red Dot Tracker · Open source · 1.2k+ stars, 0 dots caught
May 2021 – Present- Created an open-source tracker that chases the red dot across walls and pounces on every outlier
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Purrometheus · Weekend project
Jan 2022 – Present- Charts food-bowl levels, nap durations, and 3 a.m. zoomies, with alerts routed to the nearest human
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Hairball · Surprise-delivery planner
Mar 2019 – Aug 2020
教育
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Catnip Valley
Ph.C. in Feline Philosophy · Calico University
Sep 2012 – Jun 2017- Dissertation: Landing on Your Feet: A Unified Theory of Self-Righting
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B.S. in Box Science · Tabby Institute of Technology
Sep 2008 – May 2012
论文
- Curiosity Killed the Rat: A Field Study of Indoor Rodent DetectionAnnual Conference on Whisker Sciences (ACWS 2019)
- If It Fits, It Sits: Are Cardboard Boxes Ready for Production?Workshop on Boxes and Containers (WBC 2017)
- Untangling the Yarn: An Incremental Approach to Knot ResolutionJournal of Feline Engineering, vol. 9
- Schrödinger’s Cat Flap: Doors That Are Both Open and ClosedWorkshop on Hot Topics in Doors (HotDoors 2015)
服务
- Annual Conference on Whisker Sciences (ACWS) Program Committee2022–2025
- Journal of Feline Engineering Reviewer2020–2025
- Kitten Socialization Program Mentor2021
- Cat Café Nap Review Club Organizer (monthly, treats provided)2019–2025
荣誉
- The Cat’s Whiskers Award for Excellence in Mischief, Sunbeam Estates2024
- ACWS Best Paper Award2019
- Golden Whisker Fellowship, Calico University (Top 5% of the litter)2013, 2014
- Dean’s List (“Top Cat”), Tabby Institute of Technology2009–2012