Alessandro Marin, PhD

Experience

Consultant

Senior Engineer

Support Specialist - Business Intelligence and Analytics

Ph.D. in Biophysics of Photosynthesis

Master Thesis in Hearing Research

Education

Skills

• Machine learning: Python, TensorFlow - NLP, regression, clustering, classification, ensemble methods, time series, web scraping, neural networks

• Software development: Python, ShellScript (Bash), Java, InterSystems ObjectScript, LabVIEW, C, LabWindows/CVI

• Website development: HTML/Javascript, React, Angular, Django, NodeJS, REST API, WordPress

• Python development: Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, SciKit-Learn, NLTK, Gensim, Seaborn, SciPy etc.

• Data analysis and visualization: Python, MATLAB, MDX

• Databases - NoSQL: MongoDB, Google Cloud/Firebase, AWS, InterSystems Caché

• Databases - Relational: Caché SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite

• Cloud: AWS, Google Firebase, MongoDB

• Version control software: Git, Perforce

• Troubleshooting: proficient in using problem solving theory on technical issues

• Business Intelligence Analytics: provide technical guidance to optimize architecture, performance, and design of BI models and KPI's

• Teamwork: launched and supported research projects resulting in 10 academic publications

• Mentoring and teaching: mentored a new hire and BSc/MSc students who completed their projects to a high standard. Two years teaching assistant in Applied Informatics

• Technical writing: published 6 first-authored academic publications and 13 technical articles for InterSystems' Developer Community forum

• Communication: presented 16 oral talks at international conferences

• Dutch: Full professional proficiency

• Spanish: Limited professional proficiency

• French: Limited professional proficiency

• English: Full professional proficiency

• Norwegian: Professional working proficiency (Høyere mellomnivå)

• Italian: Native

Projects

• Science Education LDA: Analysis of 100 years of Science Education literature using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
• Topic Analysis on Physics Education literature: Published a novel Machine Learning method to analyze Science Education literature.
• DocOnce: Responsible for the development of software targeting scientific reports and educational material
• Data export from Canvas LMS: Developed a data export utility to enable Learning Analytics

• Machine Learning Notebooks: Jupyter notebooks for Machine Learning projects
• PyPuma: Wrote a Python application of a computational biology method for miRNA network inference
• PyPanda: Optimized a method for modeling transcriptional networks in Python
• Firebase-React-BoardGameGeek: Website based on Firebase and React
• Firebase-React-Forum: Forum Website based on Firebase/Google Cloud and React
• Zero Waste Locator: MEAN (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node) app to share Zero Waste stores on Google Maps
• DjangoResume: My Django-based online resume
• AWS-React-File-Repo: React app for uploading/downloading files using React and AWS cloud services
• DeepSeeButtons: Gather and analyze system information from InterSystems platforms
• Mezzanine-website: My Django/Mezzanine-based site
• InterSystems: Miscellaneous projects involving InterSystems' technology
• Install-Samples-BI: Automatically install SAMPLES in IRIS Data Platform
• Tantrix: Implementation in Python of a puzzle game

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Other

• MIT Professional Education Program: Certificate for the "Data Science: Data to Insights" online course on Data Science and Machine Learning
• Oracle Certified Associate: Java SE 8 Programmer
• Norwegian language certificate C1-C2: Advanced/Proficient Norwegian - Norsk for viderekommende, trinn IV, som ekvivalerer med nivå C1-C2
• Feature article on titan.uio.no: Article in UiO's newspaper about a published Machine Learning project (på norsk)
• Online courses: Certificates (Coursera, EdX, etc) on programming, machine learning, deep learning, and data science
• Technical articles: 13 articles on InterSystems' Developer Community

• Odden TOB^†, Marin A^†, Rudolf JL. ^†Shared first authorship. How has Science Education changed over the last 100 years? An analysis using Natural Language Processing. Science Education, 2021. Link
• Odden TOB^†, Marin A^†, Caballero MD. ^†Shared first authorship. Thematic Analysis of 18 Years of PERC Proceedings using Natural Language Processing. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020. Link
• Kuijjer ML, Fagny M, Marin A, Quackenbush J, Glass K. PUMA: PANDA Using MicroRNA Associations. Bioinformatics, 2020. Link
• Marin A, van Stokkum IH, Novoderezhkin VI, van Grondelle R. Excitation-induced polarization decay in the plant light-harvesting complex LHCII. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry, 2012, 234:91-99. Link
• Marin A, Doust AB, Scholes GD, Wilk KE, Curmi PMG, van Stokkum IHM, van Grondelle R. Flow of excitation energy in the cryptophyte light-harvesting antenna phycocyanin 645. Biophysical Journal, 2011, 101:1004-1013. Link
• Novoderezhkin VI, Marin A, van Grondelle R. Intra- and inter-monomeric transfers in the light harvesting LHCII complex: the Redfield-Frster picture. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011, 13(38):17093-103. Link
• Marin A, Passarini F, van Stokkum IH, Croce R, van Grondelle R. Minor complexes at work: light-harvesting by Carotenoids in the Photosystem II antenna complexes CP24 and CP26. Biophysical Journal, 2011, 100(11):2829-2838. Link
• Gall A, Berera R, Alexandre MTA, Pascal AA, Bordes L, Mendes-Pinto MM, Andrianambinintso S, Stoitchkova KV, Marin A, Valkunas L, Horton P, Kennis JTM, van Grondelle R, Ruban A, Robert B. Molecular adaptation of photoprotection: Triplet states in light-harvesting proteins. Biophysical Journal, 2011, 101(4):934-942. Link
• Marin A, Passarini F, Croce R, van Grondelle R. The energy transfer pathways in the CP24 and CP26 antenna complexes of higher plant Photosystem II. A comparative study. Biophysical Journal, 2010, 99:4056-4065. Link
• Boutet de Monvel J, Marin A, Jacob S, Tomo I, von Tiedemann M, Fridberger A, Ulfendahl M, Steele CR. From cochlear kinematics to cochlear mechanics: matching model to experiments. Otol Jpn, 2007, 16(2):76-84. Link