Michael Demidenko
Senior Research Engineer & Data Scientist
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Demidenko is a Senior Data Scientist in Portland, OR with a PhD and eight years of experience turning large, complex scientific and business datasets into reproducible, production-ready solutions. He combines deep quantitative methods (mixed-effects models, SEM, specification-curve analysis) with engineering skills—building containerized ETL and processing pipelines for 30+ TB of neuroimaging data and deploying Python-driven automation for regulatory reporting in finance. Michael has bridged academia and industry at Stanford, the University of Michigan, and U.S. Bank, leading cross-site collaborations, managing multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering measurable ROI through UX-driven analytics and generative-AI automations. He’s fluent in Python and R, experienced with HPC, Docker, AWS, and governance-compliant pipelines, and has open-source contributions that emphasize reproducible neuroinformatics workflows. Notably, he has cut operational costs dramatically by applying multi-agent LLM solutions to SEO and reporting tasks while preserving data integrity and regulatory compliance.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Psychology at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the ArtsCertificate Data Science, Certificate Data Science at University of MichiganDavid Douglas High SchoolBachelors of Science Psychology, Bachelors of Science Psychology at Portland State UniversityTransfer Degree Psychology, Transfer Degree Psychology at Clackamas Community CollegeClackamas High SchoolPostdoctoral Scholar Cognitive Neuroscience, Postdoctoral Scholar Cognitive Neuroscience at Stanford University
Russian, English
Github Skills (22)
linear-models9
bids9
python-bindings8
neuroimaging8
brain-imaging8
image-processing8
preprocessing8
pyzmq7
python7
mri7
cython6
image-registration6
machine-learning4
quality-assurance4
normalization4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
demidenm/Multiverse_Reliability
Mar 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 release, 112 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
demidenm/abcc_datapre
May 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 62 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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