Bengt Ljungquist
Senior Scientist at Nextonic Solutions
Warrenton, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBengt Ljungquist is a Senior Scientist and Ph.D. with 15+ years blending machine learning, cloud-native engineering (AWS), and software development to turn complex biological and neuronal data into production-grade insights for federal and private sectors. He specializes in RAG applications, agentic workflows, and designing AI/ML-native data formats—work that traces back to a novel neuronal activity format he commercialized. With roles spanning academia, government research (NCATS), and startups, he brings both rigorous research pedigree and startup grit, having founded multiple ventures including a successful yoga retail exit. Based in Warrenton, VA, he pairs deep neuroscience and MD training with an MS in Computer Science, enabling uncommon fluency across biology, computation, and scalable systems.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science and Engineering, MS, Computer Science and Engineering at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience at Lund University
English, German, Slovak, Swedish
Github Skills (7)
filename9
swc4
python2
metadata1
metadata-management1
pypi1
portal1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NeuroMorpho/xyz2swc
Mar 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 6 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 6 months
NeuroMorpho/swc2pvec
Apr 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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