Michael Pracy
Senior Scientist at University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolMichael Pracy is a Senior Scientist and data professional in Sydney with 11 years of experience turning complex, large-scale scientific and medical imaging data into actionable insight. He combines a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics with hands-on data science practice—building computational pipelines, bespoke analytics and automated reporting for research and institutional stakeholders. Comfortable consulting across organizations, he bridges statistical rigour and practical deployment, supporting both leadership decision-making and researcher workflows. His background leading astronomical survey projects and supervising students means he brings strong project leadership, reproducible analysis practices and a knack for extracting signal from noisy, heterogeneous datasets. An avid quick learner, he often applies techniques from astrophysics to medical imaging and analytics problems, revealing non-obvious cross-domain advantages.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Hon 1), Physics, Hon Class 1, Bachelor of Science (Hon 1), Physics, Hon Class 1 at University of WollongongUNSW SydneyGithub contributions (5)
X-Sensing/python_dashboard_resources
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:62 commits, 61 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
mpracy/mike_simple_functions
Nov 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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