Erik Peterson
Principal Scientist (Principal AI Process Engineer) at Atomic Machines
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolErik Peterson is a Principal Scientist and AI Process Engineer in Pasadena with 14 years of interdisciplinary experience bridging neuroscience, chemistry/biochemistry, and applied AI. With a PhD in Neuroscience and a BS in Chemistry/Biochemistry, he focuses on high-impact, high-risk problems that translate research-grade insights into production-ready AI systems. Currently driving process and technical strategy at Atomic Machines and advising PHINYX.AI, he blends experimental rigor with engineering discipline to operationalize complex ML workflows. Though rooted in neuroscience, his work emphasizes practical AI process engineering—designing reproducible pipelines and embedding domain knowledge into models. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves comfortably between lab notebooks and deployment checklists, bringing curiosity and systems thinking to thorny, interdisciplinary challenges.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience at Colorado State University
Github Skills (40)
matlab9
periodic9
syntax-highlighting9
jupyter-notebook9
python8
neuroscience8
neuroimaging8
wave8
statistics8
css8
visualization8
jupyter8
spectra8
simulate8
simulation7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
voytekresearch/fakespikes
Aug 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:52 commits, 2 PRs, 35 pushes in 2 years 8 months
pythonstatisticalmachine-learningin-processspiking
CoAxLab/azad
May 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:742 commits, 255 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 1 month
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