Summary
Lodewijk Brand is a scientist and machine learning researcher with a PhD in Computer Science from the Colorado School of Mines and 11 years of experience applying ML to heterogeneous data in bioinformatics, computer vision, and signal processing. He currently works as a scientist at Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic after research and engineering roles at Mines and Northrop Grumman, blending rigorous academic methods with applied defense-grade software development. His publications in top venues (ICDM, AAAI, MICCAI, RECOMB, IJCAI, TMI) reflect a focus on algorithm design for noisy, multimodal datasets and practical impact in computational biology. Comfortable implementing algorithms end-to-end, he has a history of building models and systems from first principles, dating back to custom genetic algorithms and neural networks developed during his undergraduate research. Based in Baltimore, he combines deep theoretical grounding with production-oriented engineering, often translating complex research into deployable solutions. An owner of a scholarly Google Scholar profile, he brings both peer-recognized research and hands-on software experience to interdisciplinary teams.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Computational Chemistry, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Computational Chemistry at Colorado College
High School, General Studies, High School, General Studies at Friends School of Baltimore
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Colorado School of Mines