Ross Wilkinson
Human Factors Research Scientist at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolRoss Wilkinson is a Human Factors Research Scientist with eight years of experience translating biomechanics and neuromechanics expertise into product-ready human research at Google’s Consumer Health team. He designs and runs rigorous human experiments, builds statistical pipelines and algorithms to validate prototype hardware and sensors, and optimizes scalable data-collection processes. His background as a PhD-trained biomechanist and postdoc—plus advisory roles with cycling companies—gives him deep domain knowledge in exercise, cycling dynamics, and wearable measurement fidelity. Ross excels at communicating complex results to diverse stakeholders and iterating measurement systems to improve real-world health outcomes. He blends academic rigor (highly rated teaching and peer-reviewed science) with practical product impact, from investigating drivetrain power losses to prosthetic comfort. Based in San Francisco, he brings a rare combination of field-tested biomechanics insight and applied research engineering to consumer health products.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuromechanics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuromechanics at The University of QueenslandHigh School, High School at Sunshine Coast Grammar School
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Github Skills (5)
binder7
computational-biology7
bioinformatics6
biomechanics5
javascript3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ross-wilkinson/ross-wilkinson.github.io
Dec 2020 - Oct 2021
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:99 pushes in 9 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
ross-wilkinson/rock-no-rock
Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
Repository for the Rock/No Rock research project
Contributions:6 PRs, 9 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 5 months
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