Ian Miller
Founder & Principal Data Scientist
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolIan Miller is a founder and principal data scientist with a decade of experience applying machine learning, bio- and chemo-informatics, and cloud/HPC engineering to drug discovery, microbial genomics, and mass spectrometry-driven metabolomics. He leads Northsky Software and serves as CTO/Data Scientist at Betterbin, bridging academic computational biology work at NIH with product-focused engineering for startups, pharma, fintech, and consumer goods. Ian combines hands-on software development (Python, R, Unix/Linux, web/mobile apps) with experimental chemistry experience from industry internships and a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences. He builds end-to-end solutions—data collection, model training/deployment, and interactive visualizations—that help diverse stakeholders make actionable decisions. Outside the lab he pursues practical interests in fitness, nutrition, and sustainable food systems, informing long-term goals around precision medicine and environmental conservation. Fluent in Mandarin and experienced in international research exchange, he often seeks cross-cultural collaborations to scale scientific impact.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Pharmaceutical Sciences (Drug Discovery), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Pharmaceutical Sciences (Drug Discovery) at University of Wisconsin-MadisonJohns Hopkins UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Norwich Free AcademyBachelor of Arts (BA) Biology East Asian Studies (Honors), Bachelor of Arts (BA) Biology East Asian Studies (Honors) at Kalamazoo CollegeCertificate Mandarin Chinese 21st Century Beijing Environmental Issues in China, Certificate Mandarin Chinese 21st Century Beijing Environmental Issues in China at Capital Normal UniversityCET Intensive Chinese Language Program Mandarin Chinese, CET Intensive Chinese Language Program Mandarin Chinese at Harbin Institute of Technology
English, Chinese, French
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Github Skills (122)
annotations10
standardized10
datasets10
genomes10
label-studio10
labeling10
binning10
computer-vision10
transfer-learning10
data-labeling10
semantic-segmentation10
mlp10
metagenomics10
label10
shotgun10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ijmiller2/COVID-19_Multi-Omics
May 2020 - Oct 2020
A repository for collaborative multi-omics data analysis & the covid-omics.app
Contributions:153 commits, 14 pushes, 2 comments in 5 months
data-analysismulti-omicsdata-sciencemulti-omics-dataomics
ijmiller2/ThinkStats2
Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:22 pushes in 1 year 1 month
thinkstatssupporting
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