Michael Scholz

Michael Scholz is a Senior Software Engineer at ORCA Computing since April 2024, previously serving as an Automation Scientist and Software Developer at Bactobio, where notable achievements included leading the purchase of a liquid handling robot and implementing robotic protocols that significantly reduced hands-on time for laboratory scientists. Prior experience includes a position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCL, where Michael developed a high-speed radiation modeling algorithm and designed real-time user interfaces for laboratory hardware. Michael's academic background includes a PhD in Chemistry and a Bachelor's degree with Honours, both from the University of Melbourne, where research involved prototyping real-time control systems and conducting extensive calculations on compute clusters.