Emil Rozbicki
President at Glencoe Software
Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Top SchoolEmil Rozbicki is a physics-trained technology leader with 12 years of experience building scientific imaging software and leading product teams; he now serves as President of Glencoe Software after progressing from Applications Specialist to Head of Applications. He combines a PhD in condensed matter physics and an Executive MBA to bridge deep technical development—such as contributing bug fixes and reliability improvements to the widely used Bio-Formats library and CellProfiler—with strategic product and business decisions. Emil helped build the UK’s first light sheet microscope during his research career, giving him rare hands-on expertise in both instrument design and image-analysis software. Based in Wrocław, he focuses on delivering robust, user-centric solutions for life-science imaging and is known for improving metadata handling and preventing memory leaks in critical open-source tools.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at University of St AndrewsExecutive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General at Polsko-Amerykańska Szkoła Biznesu Wrocław PASB PWr MBA Executive Master of Business AdministrationMaster of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
English, Polish
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Github Skills (10)
image-analysis10
javas10
formatter10
biom10
metadata10
formatters10
python10
java10
image9
wxpython6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CellProfiler/CellProfiler
Feb 2016 - May 2021
An open-source application for biological image analysis
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 8 PRs, 6 comments in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Emil focused on improving the stability and performance of the CellProfiler image analysis software. Their contributions involved closing Bioformats readers to prevent memory leaks, clearing reader caches after image sets, and fixing issues related to the OMERO login dialog. They also addressed code quality and maintainability by correcting a spelling error and improving the dependency management.
image-analysispythonneuroimagingbiologicalmicroscopy
ome/bioformats
Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
Bio-Formats is a Java library for reading and writing data in life sciences image file formats. It is developed by the Open Microscopy Environment. Bio-Formats is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL); commercial licenses are available from Glencoe Software.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 4 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Emil primarily contributed to fixing bugs and improving the functionality of the `ZeissCZIReader` within the Bio-Formats library. Their work focused on resolving issues related to metadata handling, specifically addressing inconsistencies in how metadata keys were processed and expanding metadata to all channels. The user also corrected formatting issues and improved string comparisons to handle empty string errors. These changes enhanced the reliability and accuracy of the library's image format reading capabilities.
gnubammetadatabio-formatscommercial
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