Hi, I'm Bastian!

A machine learning researcher and engineer at the intersection of deep learning and computational biology.

🧠Deep Learning
🔬Computational Biology
☁️MLOps
💻Web Development
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Data science projects

From production ML systems serving millions of daily predictions to deep learning models for bioimage analysis, here are some of the projects I've worked on across consulting and academic research.
Screenshot of the project "deepBlink: Threshold independent detection of diffraction-limited spots"

deepBlink: Threshold independent detection of diffraction-limited spots

TensorFlow 2, Python package

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Screenshot of the project "An AI-chatbot to interpret for tourism data"

An AI-chatbot to interpret for tourism data

Generative AI, Chatbot, API

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Screenshot of the project "Delivery time prediction"

Delivery time prediction

Traditional ML, Data pipelines, Enterprise

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Screenshot of the project "eFISHent: CLI based tool for RNA smFISH oligos/probes design"

eFISHent: CLI based tool for RNA smFISH oligos/probes design

Luigi, Conda package

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Web development projects

A weekly HTML/CSS course at age ten sparked what has since become a lasting passion. Over the years, I've built and maintained websites for personal projects, local organizations, and freelance clients.
Screenshot of the project "kp-front.ch"

kp-front.ch

React, FastAPI, MapLibre, Offline-first

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Screenshot of the project "kp-rueck.ch"

kp-rueck.ch

Next, FastAPI, Kanban, Real-time

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Screenshot of the project "feuerwehr-oberwil.ch"

feuerwehr-oberwil.ch

Next, Tailwind CSS, Flask API

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Screenshot of the project "dice-scorecard.app"

dice-scorecard.app

Next, Tailwind CSS

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Screenshot of the project "fwo-fahrschule.ch (internal)"

fwo-fahrschule.ch (internal)

React, FastAPI, Postgres, Auth

Screenshot of the project "minisoberwil.ch"

minisoberwil.ch

Wordpress, Site administration

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Screenshot of the project "eichenbergers.ch"

eichenbergers.ch

Next, Tailwind CSS

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Screenshot of the project "apnea.app"

apnea.app

Vanilla CSS & JS

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About me

I grew up in Oberwil near Basel, Switzerland, where an early curiosity for languages and science shaped much of my path. I started learning Mandarin Chinese at four, spent part of my childhood at a bilingual school in Singapore, and went on to pick up several more languages along the way. I began studying chemistry at the University of Freiburg at fourteen, eventually switching to biology once I found my real passion at the intersection of life sciences and computation.

I'm currently a data science consultant at Artifact in Zurich, where I develop and deploy machine learning models at scale. My work includes leading the end-to-end ML system behind Swiss Post's nationwide parcel arrival time predictions, serving roughly one million daily forecasts, as well as designing award-winning generative AI solutions with RAG pipelines and agentic workflows.

Before consulting, I completed my PhD in computational biology at the Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI) in Basel, where I built deep learning models for bioimage analysis, most notably deepBlink, which has been downloaded over 40,000 times. I hold a BSc in Biology from the University of Freiburg and an MSc in Molecular Biology from the University of Basel, and have authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in journals like Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

Outside of work, I serve as a lieutenant and fourier in my local fire brigade, leading the command support unit and building high-availability alerting software for emergency operations. I speak German and English natively, and am fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian. In my free time, I enjoy building web applications and being on, in, and around water.
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Contact me

Whether you have a project in mind, want to collaborate, or just want to say hi — I'd love to hear from you.
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