Luca Naef
Co-Founder CTO at Proxima
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLuca Naef is a technology leader and founder applying machine learning to drug discovery. As Co-Founder and CTO of VantAI in New York, he leads ML-driven Induced Proximity Drug Discovery and guides a cross-disciplinary team of researchers and engineers. With eight years of experience spanning biotech analytics, consulting, and startup leadership, he previously served as Principal at Roivant Sciences and held roles at McKinsey and pleXius. He earned an MSc from ETH Zürich as valedictorian, complemented by visiting and exchange programs at UNSW, Tokyo Tech, and Stanford, reflecting a rare blend of biology and software depth. Based in NYC, he is actively expanding VantAI’s team and partnerships while turning complex biological problems into scalable AI-powered solutions.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Visiting) - BS, Molecular Biology, 6.0/6.0, Bachelor of Science (Visiting) - BS, Molecular Biology, 6.0/6.0 at UNSW AustraliaBachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc) at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichMaster of Science (Visiting) - MS, Master of Science (Visiting) - MS at Tokyo Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (Exchange) - BS, Bachelor of Science (Exchange) - BS at Stanford University School of EngineeringMaster of Science - MSc, Valedictorian, Master of Science - MSc, Valedictorian at ETH Zürich
German, English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (174)
notebook10
python10
deep-learning10
jupyter10
jupyter-notebook10
machine-learning10
irc10
non-blocking9
pattern9
gradient-boosting9
zsh-completion9
slime9
cheminformatics9
neural-network9
rust9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
naefl/env
Nov 2019 - Nov 2020
Contributions:162 pushes in 1 year
naefl/kitty.nvim
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
Slime-like REPL for Neovim in Lua
Contributions:22 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
luaslimereplneovimnvim
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