Bruno Nuño
Co-Founder And Chief Scientist at Clay - AI for Earth
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolBruno Nuño is a founder-scientist who builds geo-aware AI to make Earth data as searchable and actionable as the web, combining 14 years of experience across satellite, mapping, and policy programs. As Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at LGND AI and former Executive Director of Clay, he moved an open-source, mission-driven Clay model into a commercial product while previously directing Microsoft’s $50M+ AI for Earth and Planetary Computer initiatives. His background spans hands-on engineering—contributing front-end improvements to widely used spatial tools like geojson.io—to high-level strategy and fundraising, having raised venture philanthropy and advised World Bank and governments. Trained as an astrophysicist (PhD) and steeped in executive education from Princeton, Harvard, Stanford and Oxford, he uniquely bridges deep science, product leadership, and impact-driven entrepreneurship.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Science Policy, Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Science Policy at US National Academies of ScienceLicenciado Physics, Licenciado Physics at Universidad de OviedoGraduate Astrophysics, Graduate Astrophysics at Universidad de La LagunaExecutive Module, Executive Module at Princeton UniversityExecutive Module: Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century, Executive Module: Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century at Harvard Kennedy SchoolPhD Astrophysics, PhD Astrophysics at The University of GöttingenExecutive Module, Executive Module at Saïd Business School, University of OxfordCourse European School, Course European School at AEGEE-AcademyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Astrophysics at Max Planck SocietyExecutive Module, Executive Module at Yale UniversityExecutive Module, Executive Module at Stanford University
Spanish, English, German, French, asturian
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
geojson10
leaflet9
html8
d3js5
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
mapbox/geojson.io
Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
A quick, simple tool for creating, viewing, and sharing spatial data
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 6 days
Contributions summary:Bruno primarily contributed to the front-end development of the geojson.io project. Their work focused on enhancing the user interface by adding features like area display for polygons within the popup. The commits show the integration of external libraries and adjustments to existing UI elements. The user also addressed code quality issues related to JavaScript syntax.
spatial-datageojson
brunosan/impactscience.dev
Sep 2019 - Nov 2022
Website for our Impact Science work
Contributions:44 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
science
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