Summary
Negar Naini is a postdoctoral researcher and software engineer with a decade of experience bridging academic research and production software across Europe and the U.S. Her trajectory spans a PhD in Computer Science from KTH, research positions at RIKEN and Memorial Sloan Kettering, and current postdoctoral work at Aalto University, reflecting deep expertise in computational methods and security-aware systems. She began her career in industry roles from BI development to backend software engineering, giving her a practical lens on turning research prototypes into maintainable systems. Negar combines rigorous scholarly output (see her Google Scholar profile) with hands-on development experience at companies like Blocket and Nexus Technology. Colleagues describe her as someone who fluently moves between experimental research and pragmatic engineering, often spotting opportunities to industrialize academic innovations. Based in Stockholm with a background across Finland and Sweden, she brings a global perspective to collaborative, interdisciplinary projects.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Amirkabir University of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Pass, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Pass at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
English, Swedish, Persian, Japanese