Morten Kals
Postdoctoral Researcher at Cavendish Laboratory - Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMorten Kals is a multidisciplinary researcher and engineer with 10 years of experience blending physics, engineering and biotechnology, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. He co-founded Ensemble Scientific and previously led a health-tech startup, PEEP-Alert, demonstrating an ability to translate laboratory innovations into startup ventures. His background includes hands-on hardware and mechatronics engineering roles at Arista, SINTEF and HENT, giving him practical systems-building skills alongside deep academic training (PhD and MPhil from Cambridge, BASc from UBC). Comfortable moving between lab, prototype and product, he excels at scaling experimental technologies toward real-world impact. An uncommon strength is his dual fluency in rigorous academic research and early-stage company execution, enabling rapid iteration from concept to deployment.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Master of Philosophy - MPhil at Cambridge University Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of CambridgeBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (36)
stm32f49
brackets9
filter9
adobe-brackets9
stm32f19
js-beautify9
stm32f08
arduino8
stm8
nucleo8
stm32f38
camera8
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instagram8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mkals/mkals.github.io
Sep 2016 - Dec 2019
Contributions:4 PRs, 137 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 4 months
EnsembleScientific/Arduino_Core_STM32
Sep 2021 - Apr 2024
STM32 core support for Arduino
Contributions:3 PRs, 12 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
stlinkstm32rcbluepillarduino
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