Valentyn Stadnytskyi
Chief Technology Officer at National Science Foundation (NSF)
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolValentyn Stadnytskyi is a physicist-turned-technology leader and CTO with eight years of experience translating advanced optics, laser physics, and biomedical research into practical engineering and product outcomes. He combines deep academic pedigree (PhD in Biophysics from Purdue) with hands-on skills across scientific computing, Linux-based high-throughput data pipelines, HDF5 data engineering, and precision machining — often building custom instruments and automation from concept to prototype. Valentyn has led regulatory-science projects at the FDA, mentors NSF I-Corps startups, and runs a research-focused non-profit and an engineering consultancy that help biotech teams deploy robotics, embedded systems, and imaging solutions. Notably, he has optimized real-time data flows (handling multi-GB/s streams) and used ML and LLM tools to accelerate regulatory and literature analysis, showing a rare blend of wet-lab, instrumentation, and software-first thinking. Based in Gaithersburg, MD, he also moonlights as a founder-brewmaster, turning Ukrainian kvass tradition into a hands-on startup, reflecting a practical, maker-oriented approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
High School Physics and Mathematics, High School Physics and Mathematics at Kyiv Natural Science Lyceum No. 145Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biophysics at Purdue UniversityHigh School English Language and Literature, High School English Language and Literature at School 197Master's degree Physics & Optical Science, Master's degree Physics & Optical Science at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Ukrainian, Russian, English, German, Hindi
Stackoverflow
709reputation
191kreached
19answers
32questions
Github Skills (85)
open-access10
equation10
markdown9
least-squares9
latex9
python9
hardware9
vectorization9
jekyll9
curve-fitting9
macos9
html8
sdk8
ipython8
ruby8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
vstadnytskyi/circular_buffer_numpy
Sep 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:1 release, 140 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 1 month
vstadnytskyi/syringe-pump
Oct 2019 - Jul 2024
Contributions:1 release, 69 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 10 months
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