Summary
Nicholas Matiasz is an Electrical Engineering Associate at LADWP, co-designing LADWP’s first Climate Resiliency Program and coordinating with NREL and EPRI on 100% Clean Energy resilience initiatives, including the LA100 study. He brings 11 years of experience across power systems, data-driven research, and biomedical informatics, anchored by a PhD in medical informatics from UCLA studying causal reasoning in science. At UCLA he developed software for automated causal reasoning and experiment planning and built ResearchMaps.org to integrate and plan experiments. He volunteers as Scientific Program Director at the Center for Contemplative Research, overseeing longitudinal studies that bridge contemplatives and scientists. Based in Los Angeles, he combines engineering leadership with interdisciplinary research and community service, turning complex requirements into practical, auditable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Electrical Engineering, 3.60, M.S., Electrical Engineering, 3.60 at Tufts University
High School Diploma, 3.65, High School Diploma, 3.65 at The Loomis Chaffee School
Ph.D., Bioengineering (Medical Informatics), 3.81, Ph.D., Bioengineering (Medical Informatics), 3.81 at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Spanish