Niru Maheswaranathan
Research Scientist at Meta
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolNiru Maheswaranathan is a research scientist with 12 years of experience bridging neuroscience, bioengineering, and applied research in industry. After earning a PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford and a BS in Bioengineering from Duke, he moved from research engineering roles at Google to leading scientific work at Meta’s Reality Labs in San Jose. He focuses on translating deep scientific insight into practical systems for perception and interaction, blending rigorous experimental design with scalable engineering. Niru’s background uniquely positions him to tackle problems at the intersection of neural computation and immersive technologies, and he brings a lab-to-product mindset that speeds innovation while grounding it in quantitative analysis.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Duke UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience at Stanford University
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Github Skills (115)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
nirum/dotfiles
Aug 2018 - Oct 2022
customization files
Contributions:196 commits, 4 PRs, 412 pushes in 4 years 3 months
dotfiles
nirum/descent
Jul 2015 - Feb 2022
First-order optimization tools
Contributions:1 release, 17 commits, 4 PRs in 6 years 8 months
first-orderoptimizationoptimization-toolscrosswordpython
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