Orion Penner

Orion Penner is a highly skilled professional in the field of data science and machine learning, currently serving as a Quantitative Researcher & Developer - AI at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority since April 2025. Prior experience includes roles as an Applied Machine Learning Engineer - Customer Success at Hugging Face, Data Scientist at TRM Labs, and Group Leader - NLP at Evotec. Orion has also worked as a Senior Data Scientist at Digital Science, a Data Analyst at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and a Research Data Scientist at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, where Orion held the titles of Ambizione Fellow and Research Data Scientist. Earlier roles include Assistant Professor at the IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Physics from the University of Calgary, an M.A. in Physics from Boston University, and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics from the University of Manitoba.