Summary
Michael Rossol is a Senior Full Stack Engineer and Ph.D. materials scientist with 10 years of experience translating complex experimental and research workflows into production software. He blends deep expertise in materials characterization, data analysis, and image processing with hands-on backend and frontend engineering (Python, Django/FastAPI, React/TypeScript, React Native), having led mobile and web projects and served as technical lead at Apeel. At NREL he moved between research and engineering roles, building data pipelines and automation that scaled scientific datasets, and he contributed DevOps improvements to the high-profile awslabs open-data-registry to streamline AWS deployments. Known for pragmatic experimental design and a knack for automating tedious data workflows, he pairs scientific rigor with product-focused engineering to deliver reliable, reproducible systems. Based in Denver, he brings leadership, clear communication, and a continual focus on turning messy, high-volume science data into actionable software solutions.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS Materials Science and Engineering, BS Materials Science and Engineering at University of Washington
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Materials Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Materials Engineering at UC Santa Barbara
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