Leon Xu
Graduate Student Researcher
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolLeon Xu is a PhD candidate and graduate student researcher at the University of Toronto with 11 years of software and research experience building machine learning, statistical, and algorithmic tools for proteomics, metabolomics, and personalized medicine. He combines backend engineering chops with applied deep learning to develop computational mass spectrometry pipelines and research-grade software used in computational biology. His background includes internships at Google and Deep Genomics and co-founding a health-tech startup, demonstrating an ability to move between production engineering and biomedical research. A frequent teaching assistant across core CS courses, he pairs strong communication and mentorship with hands-on system design. Notably, his work bridges high-throughput biology and scalable ML infrastructure, enabling translational tools that support precision health research.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational and Systems Biology (Applied Deep Learning), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational and Systems Biology (Applied Deep Learning) at University of TorontoInternational Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Colonel By Secondary School
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (68)
fastapi10
attention-mechanism10
fastmail10
fine-tuning9
application9
api8
rest8
async8
python8
deep-learning8
vector-database8
json-schema8
keras8
machine-learning8
ocr8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ParkinsonLab/DETECT-v2
Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:25 commits, 13 PRs, 24 pushes in 7 months
pythonpipelinedata-sciencemachine-learningscinet
LLYX/fastapi-mail
Sep 2020 - Oct 2022
Fastapi mail system sending mails(individual, bulk) attachments(individual, bulk)
Contributions:6 pushes in 2 years
individualpythonmailmailsfastapi
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