Marwan Abdellah
Neuroinformatics Software Engineer
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolMarwan Abdellah is a neuroinformatics software engineer with 14–15 years of experience bridging neuroscience research and production-grade software, currently focused at the Open Brain Institute after a long tenure at EPFL’s Blue Brain Project. He specializes in 3D modeling, large-scale visualization, physically based rendering, medical imaging and high-performance computing, turning business-driven ideas into maintainable, scalable tools for both academia and industry. Holding a PhD in Neuroscience from EPFL, he has hands-on experience building visualization pipelines and simulation-ready software aimed at brain-scale modeling on supercomputers. AgilePM-certified and creative by training—an accomplished calligrapher and artist—he brings a design-minded approach to scientific visualization and in silico neuroscience.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Research (Internship), Video Coding (AVC/H264), Research (Internship), Video Coding (AVC/H264) at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneM.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, High Performance Computing, Visualization and Medical Imaging, GPA: 3.8, M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, High Performance Computing, Visualization and Medical Imaging, GPA: 3.8 at Cairo UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience, Blue Brain Project, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience, Blue Brain Project at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
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Github Skills (103)
equalizer10
python10
windows10
boolean10
extensible10
spatial10
scientific-computing10
microscopy10
polygons10
mesh10
volumes10
neurons10
rendering10
polygon10
linux10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BlueBrain/bbp-pbrt-data
May 2017 - Apr 2022
Data files and pbrt configuration files for the Blue Brain Project forks of pbrt-v2 and pbrt-v3.
Contributions:3 PRs, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
brainkebab-casebluepbrtdata-format
BlueBrain/VessMorphoVis
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
A lightweight, interactive, extensible and cross-platform framework for building, visualizing and analyzing vasculature (or blood vessels) morphologies.
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 218 commits in 3 years 4 months
analyzingblood-vesselsbloodvasculaturemorphologies
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