Andrew Giessel
Co-founder And Chief Scientific Officer at Growth Signals
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Giessel is a data scientist and computational biologist turned technology leader with a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and 14 years of experience building AI and data platforms for R&D. As co-founder and CTO of Growth Signals and former executive director of AI engineering at Moderna, he has led teams that translate cutting-edge algorithms into production systems, including launching Moderna’s internal generative AI platform, mChat. He blends deep domain knowledge in biology and microscopy with hands-on software expertise across Python, PyTorch, Docker, Spark and extensive Linux operations. His background includes building custom instrumentation and open-source analysis tools for two-photon imaging, reflecting a practical experimentalist’s approach to software and hardware integration. Comfortable across languages from C++ to JavaScript and databases from SQL to MongoDB, he specializes in turning noisy scientific data into robust, scalable ML products. Based in Somerville, MA, he thrives at the intersection of algorithmic innovation and the science it enables, with a track record of shipping impactful systems inside fast-moving biotech environments.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of KansasDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School
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Github Skills (91)
python10
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javascript10
statistics10
numpy10
neural-network10
maps10
data-visualization10
tensor10
data-science10
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
andrewgiessel/config_files
Apr 2016 - Apr 2024
Contributions:2 pushes in 8 years 1 month
dattalab/d_code
Apr 2012 - Dec 2014
2Photon Imaging and Electrophysiology Analysis code for the Datta Lab @ HMS
Contributions:313 commits, 4 branches in 2 years 8 months
imaging
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