Luigi Petrucco
Data Scientist
Rovereto, Trentino – Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolLuigi Petrucco is a data scientist and former neuroscientist with 10 years of experience turning large-scale biological data into testable models and production-ready tools. He discovered a ring attractor network encoding heading direction during his PhD and has since built open-source libraries for hardware control, data processing and visualization used in neuroscience labs. Combining whole-brain imaging, electrophysiology and connectomics expertise with strong Python engineering, he now probes the limits of machine learning models at Afliant. Luigi’s background spans top research institutions including LMU, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and Max Planck, and his work blends rigorous experimental design with reproducible software practices. Based in Rovereto, Italy, he brings a researcher’s curiosity to applied data science and a track record of shipping tools that bridge bench and code.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Systems Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Systems Neuroscience at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMaster’s Degree, Biology, Master’s Degree, Biology at Scuola Normale SuperioreMaster’s Degree, Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Master’s Degree, Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Università di Pisa
English, German
Stackoverflow
1reputation
0reached
0answers
0questions
Github Skills (172)
motion-tracking10
kinematics10
python10
converting10
image-viewer10
forge10
edtech10
microscopy10
behavior10
electrophysiology10
atlas10
crowd10
dtw10
neuroscience10
viewer10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
vigji/pyconsolida
Nov 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:67 pushes, 4 tags in 3 years 3 months
vigji/eco-beauty
Oct 2019 - Oct 2024
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 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.