Mischa Knabenhans
Senior Data Scientist
Zürich Metropolitan Area Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMischa Knabenhans is a Senior Data Scientist based in Zürich with eight years of experience applying advanced analytics, AI, and computational science to real-world problems. He holds a PhD in computational cosmology from the University of Zurich and built a highly efficient AI emulator (EuclidEmulator) used in astrophysics, demonstrating an uncommon mix of HPC, statistical UQ, and production-ready C++/Python tooling. In industry roles at UBS he automated risk workflows with deep learning and fine-tuned LLMs for classification, cut false positives in alerting systems by 50%, and turned unstructured email data into structured, mineable datasets. He combines hands-on engineering—ELT pipelines, webscrapers, SQL and Pandas—with clear stakeholder communication and project leadership in both public-private initiatives and sustainability-focused projects. Mischa pairs curiosity-driven research instincts with a pragmatic focus on delivering measurable business impact, and has recently augmented his toolkit with design thinking training from Harvard Business School Online. Notably, he bridges academic-grade model validation (<1% deviation in his emulator) with scalable production deployments in enterprise settings.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Physik, 5.33, Master of Science (MSc), Physik, 5.33 at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichMatura, 5.56, Matura, 5.56 at Kantonsschule Freudenberg (KFR)Certificate of Completion, Design Thinking and Innovation, passed, Certificate of Completion, Design Thinking and Innovation, passed at Harvard Business School OnlineDoktor (Ph.D.), Computational Science (focus: computational cosmology), Doktor (Ph.D.), Computational Science (focus: computational cosmology) at Universität Zürich | University of Zurich
German, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (11)
zx-spectrum10
estimate10
signal-processing9
python9
spectrum9
mercury9
hpc-applications9
renewable-energy9
automation8
science8
ai6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
miknab/PlanetsEmulator
Nov 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:128 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
miknab/EuclidEmulator
May 2018 - Feb 2020
This repository contains the main source code of the EuclidEmulator, a fast and accurate tool to estimate the non-linear correction to the matter power spectrum.
Contributions:1 release, 314 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 9 months
pythonsciencehpc-applicationsmercurynon-linear
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