Summary
Luca Deininger is a postdoctoral researcher and data scientist with nine years of experience applying computer vision and deep learning to challenging biomedical imaging and omics problems. He has a strong track record of translating research into publications and collaborations across top institutions (ETH Zürich, KIT, Caltech, Roche), developing end-to-end pipelines for classification and segmentation of MRI, microscopy, whole-slide histopathology, live-imaging time-lapse and single-cell RNA-Seq. Luca combines rigorous academic training (PhD summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering, MS in Bioinformatics) with practical production skills in Python/PyTorch and R, and has repeatedly connected domain experts—biologists, pathologists and bioinformaticians—to deliver impactful solutions. He is proactive in initiating collaborations (e.g., contacting Caltech faculty at a conference) and comfortable leading independent projects that bridge research and translational application.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatik, 1.29, Master of Science - MS, Bioinformatik, 1.29 at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioinformatics at Technische Universität München
Doktor (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering, Summa cum laude, Doktor (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering, Summa cum laude at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)