Loic Royer
Director Of Imaging AI & Senior Group Leader at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolLoic Royer is a leader in imaging AI who blends deep expertise in computer science, optics, and biology to build "discovery machines" that automate not just data collection but real-time analysis, adaptive imaging, and experimental decision-making. With a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and 14 years of experience across Janelia, Max Planck, and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, he pioneered the first adaptive multi-view light-sheet microscope and published landmark work on smart, long-term live imaging. He directs Imaging AI at CZ Biohub, scaling integrated systems that combine optics, robotics, and machine learning to enable automated scientific reasoning rather than mere task automation. His background in cognitive robotics and computational logic informs a unique focus on online processing, instant 3D visualization, and hardware–software co-design. Notably, his teams have turned traditionally manual single-molecule and live-imaging experiments into robotic workflows, accelerating discovery pipelines. Based in San Francisco, he operates at the rare interface of foundational research and translational instrument engineering.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diplome d'Ingenieur Engineering, Diplome d'Ingenieur Engineering at CY TechClasse Preparatoires Mathematics Computer Science and Physics, Classe Preparatoires Mathematics Computer Science and Physics at Lycée Janson-de-SaillyDr. rer. Nat. Biomathematics Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Dr. rer. Nat. Biomathematics Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Technische Universität Dresden
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Github Skills (126)
python10
image-processing10
image-viewer10
forge10
microscopy10
post-processing10
autoencoder10
denoising10
spim10
scientific-visualization10
visualization10
viewer10
user-friendly10
image10
numpy9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
royerlab/napari-chatgpt
May 2023 - Oct 2024
A napari plugin to process and analyse images with chatGPT!
Contributions:1 release, 5 reviews, 60 PRs in 1 year 5 months
ClearControl/asdkj
Mar 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch, 2 tags in 4 years 1 month
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