Adam Tyson
Head Research Engineer at Freelance
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAdam Tyson is a neuroscientist-turned-software developer with a decade of experience building open-source tools that make biomedical research more accessible and reproducible. He founded and leads the Neuroinformatics Unit at UCL and co-founded the BrainGlobe Initiative, driving developer-focused infrastructure for neuroscience and machine learning. In parallel he serves as Head Research Engineer at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre and has held senior research-engineering and scientific software lead roles across academia and industry. Adam blends hands-on engineering, microscopy and image-analysis expertise from his PhD in neuroscience with a passion for community-driven projects that lower the barrier to complex neuroimaging workflows. Notably, he combines freelance data-science consulting with leading large collaborative codebases, translating research needs into polished, production-ready software.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience at King's College LondonUniversity College London
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Github Skills (159)
motion-tracking10
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kinematics10
python10
image-viewer10
deep-learning10
3d10
microscopy10
image-analysis10
academia10
mesh10
journal10
simulations10
behavior10
electrophysiology10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
brainglobe/brainglobe-web
May 2021 - Jun 2023
brainglobe.info website
Contributions:2 PRs, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
hugo
conda-forge/brainglobe-utils-feedstock
Oct 2023 - Jan 2026
A conda-smithy repository for brainglobe-utils.
Contributions:8 reviews, 21 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 years 3 months
conda
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