Thinh Nguyen
Director Of Scientific Operations
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThinh Nguyen is a Director of Scientific Operations with 8 years of experience designing and operating cloud-native data pipelines and platforms for cutting-edge neuroscience research. At DataJoint he leads multidisciplinary teams to deliver a unified PaaS used by top institutions (Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Allen Institute), blending hands-on data engineering, platform architecture, and scientific program leadership. Trained as a PhD bioengineer, he brings deep expertise in EEG/fMRI integration, signal processing, deep learning, and probabilistic modeling to bridge academic research and production-grade tooling. He has a track record of running large multi-lab projects, mentoring teams from high-school robotics to senior engineers, and shipping reproducible computational workflows for neurotech. Notably, he combines clinical-device experience and robotics mentorship with advanced data-science practice—making him effective at translating complex experimental needs into scalable, operational systems.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, 3.8, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, 3.8 at University of Houston
English, Vietnamese
Github Skills (125)
photon10
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databases10
connectivity10
realms10
robust10
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relational10
electrophysiology10
lab-management10
relational-databases10
relational-algebra10
workflow-management10
querying10
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
datajoint/element-array-ephys
Nov 2020 - Mar 2025
DataJoint Element for Neuropixels analysis with Kilosort
Contributions:4 releases, 73 reviews, 113 PRs in 4 years 4 months
pythondatajoint
dj-sciops/utah_organoids_element-array-ephys
Mar 2023 - Apr 2025
DataJoint Element for Neuropixels analysis with Kilosort
Contributions:19 reviews, 40 PRs, 29 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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