Summary
Demitri Muna is a founder and lead architect with 13+ years building domain-specific data platforms and interfaces that let researchers go from data to discovery faster. With a PhD in particle astrophysics and deep experience across astronomy, genomics, and clinical ML, he architects large-scale, multi‑TB/PB systems (PostgreSQL, cloud, distributed processing) and user-facing tools like Nightlight and the Trillian analysis engine. He has led teams and taught hundreds of early-career scientists via the SciCoder workshop, and has driven open science initiatives at NASA, pairing policy work with hands-on engineering. His current focus blends LLM-assisted scientific discovery and cross-domain metadata extraction—efforts already underpinning active research and pending patents—demonstrating a rare mix of research rigor, product-minded design, and operational delivery.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Physics, Astronomy, Master's Degree, Physics, Astronomy at California State University, Northridge
Ph.D, Particle Astrophysics, Ph.D, Particle Astrophysics at The University of Sheffield
Bachelor's Degrees, B.S.Phy in Physics, B.S. Mathematics, Bachelor's Degrees, B.S.Phy in Physics, B.S. Mathematics at Creighton University
English