Jonathan Michaux
Technical Lead at CircNova, Inc
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Michaux is a Technical Lead with a decade of cross-disciplinary experience at the intersection of robotics, molecular biology, and AI, now building RNA foundation models at CircNova in Ann Arbor. He holds PhDs in Robotics and in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, and his research background includes provably safe motion-planning for manipulators and curiosity-driven exploration for sparse-reward robotics tasks. Jonathan combines rigorous theoretical work with product-focused engineering, bridging lab-scale biological insight and deployed autonomous systems. He has moved between top academic labs and industry research (University of Michigan, OpenAI), which gives him a pragmatic approach to safety, controllability, and real-world utility in AI. Colleagues describe him as someone who translates complex proofs and biological knowledge into robust, production-ready models and tools.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at University of MichiganVisiting Student Researcher, Visiting Student Researcher at Toyota Technological Institute at ChicagoBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics at Wayne State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at University of Chicago
Github Skills (54)
deep-reinforcement-learning9
simulator9
robotics9
simulation9
pybullet8
dqn8
reinforcement-learning8
kinematics8
actor-critic7
visual-effects7
collision-detection7
virtual-reality7
bullet-physics7
rle7
ros7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jmichaux/gym-baxter
Jul 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:161 commits, 7 pushes, 1 comment in 8 months
jmichaux/gym-underactuated
Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
Modified OpenAI gym environment of classic underactuated systems
Contributions:48 commits, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 3 months
openai-gym
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