Robert Palovics
Senior Scientist at Retro Biosciences
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Palovics is a Senior Scientist blending a PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science with 11 years of experience in machine learning and data science and five years focused on computational biology. He develops state-of-the-art ML models for biomedical research, recently moving from postdoctoral and instructor roles at Stanford to a senior scientist role at Retro Biosciences in Palo Alto. His work bridges rigorous theoretical training in physics and mathematics with applied single-cell perturbation modeling—evidenced by a Silver medal (17th/1,097) in the 2023 NeurIPS Single-Cell Perturbations Challenge. Known for translating complex algorithms into impactful biology, he thrives at the intersection of theory and experiment and is comfortable mentoring and teaching as well as driving research. Colleagues describe him as a quantitative problem-solver who brings both academic depth and practical focus to translational ML projects.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics and Computer Science at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
English, Hungarian, GermanProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
twclab/parabiosis
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:1 release, 12 commits, 11 pushes in 14 days
twclab/purecell
Jul 2022 - Mar 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 year 8 months
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