Summary
Selin Tosun is a Principal Applied Scientist specializing in end-to-end ML systems with a PhD in Chemical Engineering and nearly a decade of hands-on experience deploying production models in Python environments. She has driven supply chain and last-mile optimization at Amazon, led research into driver and routing science, and now leads AI/ML at Auger, blending deep research instincts with practical production delivery. Her background spans materials-science research and industry R&D—work that produced high-impact publications and patents—giving her a rare combination of experimental rigor and scalable engineering. An award-winning mentor and conference workshop host, she pairs people leadership with technical innovation, from distributed training pipelines to tabular and computer-vision models. Notably, she has translated academic breakthroughs (e.g., improved photovoltaic materials) into disciplined data-driven product work, reflecting curiosity that moves from lab to large-scale systems.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Chemical Engineering, PhD Chemical Engineering at University of Minnesota
Certificate Data Science , Certificate Data Science at Galvanize Inc
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Chemical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University
English, German, Turkish