Sebastian Urchs
Scientific Software Developer at McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSebastian Urchs is a scientific software developer in Montreal with 13 years of experience bridging neuroscience and production-grade software. With a PhD in Neuroscience from McGill and advanced training in neurocognitive psychology in Munich, he translates complex neuroinformatics needs into user-focused tools and platforms for institutions like McGill and the Douglas Mental Health Institute. He has commercial and open-source experience building interactive data apps—contributing front-end improvements and UX features to Plotly Dash sample apps—and has shipped software at Plotly and in healthcare research settings. Comfortable across the full stack, Sebastian combines rigorous experimental thinking with practical engineering to make research more reproducible and accessible.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience at McGill University
Github Skills (6)
front-end-development10
dashjs10
css9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
plotly/dash-sample-apps
Oct 2020 - Jan 2021
Open-source demos hosted on Dash Gallery
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 63 commits, 18 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian contributed significantly to the front-end development of a Dash application. They integrated Dash Bootstrap Components for enhanced styling and layout, changing the header bar, table, and main layout to utilize this library. The user also implemented a modal for displaying additional information and integrated features like a GitHub link and a download button.
dashhostedplotly-dashplotlydata-visualization
OpenNeuroDatasets-JSONLD/ds000214
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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