Martin Laptev
Senior Domain Lead at Virginia Tech
Germantown, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMartin Laptev is a multidisciplinary data scientist and machine learning engineer with 11 years of experience applying biochemistry, tumor biology, epidemiology, and public health methods to health-related data problems. As a Lead Instructor and former research fellow at the National Cancer Institute, he blends hands-on Python and R development with teaching and curriculum design to train the next generation of data-savvy scientists. His work spans academic research, government fellowships, and industry roles (including AI engineering leadership at Booz Allen and a Senior Domain Lead at AWS), giving him a rare ability to translate complex scientific questions into reproducible data pipelines and interpretable models. An active open-source contributor, he has made practical improvements to the IPython terminal—adding editor keybindings, auto-suggestion, and auto-match features—reflecting both developer craftsmanship and attention to researcher workflows. Fluent in five languages and holding a PhD plus an MPH from Johns Hopkins, he is particularly focused on uncovering health risk factors by combining domain expertise with machine intelligence.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Biology, BA, Biology at St. Mary's College of MarylandPhD, Biomedical Sciences (Tumor Biology), PhD, Biomedical Sciences (Tumor Biology) at Georgetown UniversityMaster of Public Health - MPH, Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Master of Public Health - MPH, Biostatistics & Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMSc, Biotechnology, MSc, Biotechnology at Jagiellonian University
Portuguese, French, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Polish, English
Github Skills (7)
ipython10
keybindings10
python10
prompt-toolkit10
notebook4
data-science4
jupyter4
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
ipython/ipython
Sep 2020 - Dec 2021
Official repository for IPython itself. Other repos in the IPython organization contain things like the website, documentation builds, etc.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Martin contributed to the IPython terminal interface by implementing features related to emacs keybindings in vi insert mode, including auto-suggestion enhancements, cursor shape changes, and auto-matching for brackets and quotes. They also added documentation using RST and Markdown to describe the new auto-suggest functionality. Furthermore, the user enabled auto-suggestion in the terminal and implemented settings to toggle the auto-match feature.
documentation-websitepythondata-sciencebuildsnotebook
marskar/biof309_spring2018
Dec 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:156 commits, 139 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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