Micah Buuck
Applied Scientist at EarthDaily Analytics
Mankato, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolMicah Buuck is an applied scientist with over a decade of experience translating physics expertise into production-ready machine learning and software solutions, now focused on geospatial problems. He has a PhD in Physics and a strong track record publishing deep learning computer-vision work with uncertainty quantification for novel physical instruments, including contributions that appeared in the Astrophysical Journal. Micah combines scientific rigor with practical engineering—building C++ and Python codebases, high-performance simulations, interactive dashboards, and noise-reduction algorithms used in world-leading dark matter analyses. He has applied his skills in both national lab research and industry roles at Descartes Labs and EarthDaily Analytics, and he engages in AI-for-good efforts to deploy ML for real-world impact. Based in Mankato, MN, he brings rare domain knowledge bridging detector physics, uncertainty-aware ML, and scalable geospatial analytics.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics at University of WashingtonBachelor of Arts - BA Physics Mathematics Statistics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Physics Mathematics Statistics at St. Olaf CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Edina Senior High School
Github Skills (37)
bioinformatics9
docker8
flask8
charting8
plotly-dash8
plotly8
geometry7
jupyter7
visualization7
golang7
interpreter7
finance7
mathematics7
statistics7
physics7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
buuck/CAISO_renewable_energy
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:9 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
buuck/website-source
Oct 2022 - May 2023
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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