José Luna
Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolJosé Luna is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge with 11 years of experience at the intersection of statistics, machine learning and drug discovery. He holds a PhD in Biomedicine (cum laude) and top-ranked degrees in Statistics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Universidad de Sevilla, reflecting consistently outstanding academic performance. His work blends rigorous probabilistic modeling and explainable AI—developed during a postdoc at ETH Zürich—with practical contributions to accelerating drug discovery via gradient-based methods. Based in Cambridge, he maintains an active research profile (Google Scholar) and open-source presence on GitHub, translating novel inference algorithms into tools that bridge academia and industry.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of SevilleDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedicine, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedicine at Universitat Pompeu FabraUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
inglés (c2 ; proficiency - cambridge esol, pearson pte)
Github Skills (113)
python10
experimental-design10
generative10
deep-learning10
gpu10
gpu-acceleration10
optimization10
acceleration10
numpy10
neural-network10
hyperparameter-tuning10
tensor10
artificial-intelligence10
bayesian10
tensorflow10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
josejimenezluna/delfta
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Δ-QML for medicinal chemistry
Contributions:5 releases, 1 review, 229 commits in 1 year 7 months
pytorchqmlchemistrydeep-learningmachine-learning
microsoft/bioemu
Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
Inference code for scalable emulation of protein equilibrium ensembles with generative deep learning
Contributions:10 releases, 30 reviews, 31 PRs in 1 month
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.