Mladen Cucak
Data Scientist
Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMladen Cucak is a data scientist and plant pathologist with eight years of international experience bridging applied research and digital transformation in agriculture. He holds a PhD in Plant Pathology and has led forecasting, decision-support and epidemiological modelling projects from academic postdoctoral work at Penn State to product-focused roles at Syngenta. His expertise spans IPM, late blight forecasting, automated pest monitoring and development of DSS tools, informed by hands-on field trials and collaborative networks across Europe. Based in Basel, he combines rigorous quantitative skills with domain knowledge in phytopathology to turn historical records and sensor data into actionable insights for growers. Unusually for a researcher-turned-data scientist, he pairs deep experimental field experience with production-oriented digital delivery in agro-tech.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bimolecular techniques and phytomedicine, 9.06 of 10, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bimolecular techniques and phytomedicine, 9.06 of 10 at University of Maribor; Faculty of agriculture and life sciencesBacheor of science, Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management, Bacheor of science, Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management at University of Banja Luka Faculty of AgrcultureDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Plant Pathology/Phytopathology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Plant Pathology/Phytopathology at Maynooth University
English, Slovenian, Bosnian
Github Skills (66)
tidyverse10
tsne10
dplyr9
azure-sdk-r9
r-package8
htmlwidgets7
shiny7
evaluation7
r6
d3js6
microsoft-graph-api5
javascript5
plotly5
weather-data5
forecasting5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mladencucak/PLBFieldTrial
Oct 2019 - Jul 2021
Contributions:75 commits, 68 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
mladencucak/mladen_web_site
Apr 2020 - Sep 2024
Personal website: https://mladencucak.netlify.com
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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