Nikhil Biyani
Senior Software Engineer at MaxWell Biosystems
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNikhil Biyani is a Senior Software Engineer and computational scientist in Zurich with 13 years of experience building robust scientific and imaging software. He combines deep academic training (PhD summa cum laude in Image Processing) with hands-on engineering at MaxWell Biosystems and PSI, leading development of tools that bridge data collection and image processing in cryo-EM. Known for meticulous, readable code and practical use of design patterns and parallelism, he also cares about UX and product-facing design. His background spans algorithmic research (2D electron crystallography, motion correction) and production C++ toolkits for multi-dimensional image processing, reflecting a rare blend of research rigor and production engineering. As a software team lead at Distran AG on GitHub and a repeat contributor to scientific software projects, he routinely translates complex interdisciplinary problems into maintainable, high-performance solutions.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Technology, 8.3/10.0, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Technology, 8.3/10.0 at Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Image Processing and Intelligent Data Analysis, summa cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Image Processing and Intelligent Data Analysis, summa cum laude at University of BaselMaster of Science (M.S.), Computational Science and Engineering, 5.11/6.00, Master of Science (M.S.), Computational Science and Engineering, 5.11/6.00 at ETH Zurich
German, English, Hindi
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Github Skills (34)
evolutionary10
classifier10
image-processing9
structural-biology9
computational-biology9
kafka-topic8
python8
filewriter8
nexus7
producer-consumer7
unique-ptr6
apache-kafka5
sink5
hardware5
simulation5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
C-CINA/emkit
Apr 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:34 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
DMSC-Instrument-Data/ecp-backlog
Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 8 comments in 5 months
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