Stephen Larson
Chief Executive Officer, Senior Consultant, And Co-Founder at MetaCell
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Larson is a neuroscience software entrepreneur and engineer with 14+ years building research-grade platforms and commercial products as co-founder and CEO of MetaCell and co-founder of the OpenWorm project. He bridges deep technical chops—database schema design, Docker-based build/deploy, and backend/devops work on the widely known OpenWorm simulation—with academic rigor from a PhD in Neuroscience and MIT degrees in CS/EE. His work has translated into a patent, dozens of academic publications and high-profile media features, and practical impact for pharma, universities, and nonprofits. A former CIO for One Mind and ex-software engineer at Morgan Stanley, he combines startup bootstrapping experience with production engineering in large organizations. He’s equally at home leading teams that craft multi-scale neuroscience data systems and hands-on engineering of the infrastructure that serves them.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master of Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California, San Diego
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Github Skills (9)
simulations10
simulation10
docker10
sql10
database-design10
dockers10
devops9
biology9
python8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openworm/OpenWorm
Nov 2012 - Jan 2020
Repository for the main Dockerfile with the OpenWorm software stack and project-wide issues
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:2 releases, 65 commits, 14 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily focused on database schema design and implementation, specifically for the OpenWorm database related to *C. elegans* neurons. They added and modified SQL database tables, including a metabolites database and synapse position data. Furthermore, the user worked on the project's build and deployment, modifying the Dockerfile and run scripts. Their contributions indicate a focus on both data management and infrastructure.
dockerfilesoftware-stackbiologysimulationdocker
openworm/CyberElegans
Apr 2012 - Dec 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push in 4 years 8 months
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