Machine Learning Engineer • Nov 2024 – Present • Durham, NC
- Built unsupervised ML pipelines for multi-organ cell-type annotations of spatial-omics data (with Dr. John Hickey).
- Undergraduate Research Assistantship grant recipient.
Zachary Deutsch
Biomedical & Mechanical Engineering @ Duke
Hello
Engineering AI-powered tools for healthcare and science.
I’m Zachary Deutsch, a Duke undergraduate (Biomedical & Mechanical Engineering) focused on machine learning for healthcare — including sEMG time-series and spatial-omics.
Based in Durham, NC • Open to research collaborations
FocusML for sEMG • Spatial-omics
InterestsEspresso • Liszt • Stoicism • Cycling
LanguagesJapanese (conv.) • Spanish (conv.)
About
I build and evaluate machine-learning systems for biomedical data. At Duke’s Hickey Lab, I’ve worked on unsupervised pipelines for multi-organ cell-type annotation in single-cell spatial-omics. At Tel Aviv University, I evaluated quantile-based features for sEMG time-series classification. Previously, I analyzed data from a DoD-funded clinical trial on VR treatment for phantom limb pain at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
Experience
Machine Learning Research Intern • May – Aug 2025 • Tel Aviv, Israel
- Evaluated quantile-based feature extraction (QUANT) for sEMG time-series classification (with Dr. Neta Rabin).
Medical Device Engineering Intern • Sep 2024 – May 2025 • Durham, NC
- Led 16 undergraduates to develop a catheter-placement training system (with Dr. Jonathan Martin).
Biomedical Data Engineer • Jun – Aug 2024 • Chicago, IL
- Analyzed data from a $1.5M DoD-funded clinical trial on VR for phantom limb pain (with Dr. Levi Hargrove).
Education
Duke University
B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering; B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering; Minor in Philosophy
GPA: 3.73 • Expected 2027 • Durham, NC
Coursework: Mechanics of Materials; Engineering Design; Data Structures & Algorithms; Statistics & Data Analysis; Technical Communication; Physiology & Biostatistical; Physics I & II; Calculus I–III; Linear Algebra
University of Oxford
Study Abroad — Ethics & Philosophy of AI • Jun – Aug 2025 • Oxford, England
Conferences
BMES Annual Meeting, 2025
Co-author — “Computational Framework for Multi-organ Cell Type Annotation of HuBMAP Single-cell Spatial-omics Data”
2025
HuBMAP Annual Meeting, 2025
Co-author — “Computational Framework for Multi-organ Cell Type Annotation of HuBMAP Single-cell Spatial-omics Data”
2025
Bass Connections Showcase
Oral Presenter — “Virtual Reality for Health Education Advanced Learning” • 1st Place Presentation
2025
Duke Undergraduate Research Symposium
Poster — “Computational Pipeline for Cell Type Annotations of HuBMAP Spatial-omics Data”
2025
Duke Engineering Design Expo
Poster — “Liquid Level Detection for bCPAP Respirators in Low-Resource Settings”
2024
Institute of Biomedical Engineering MEC Symposium
Co-author — “Intuitively Controlled Virtual Reality for Treating Phantom Limb Pain”
2024
Skills, Awards & Interests
Technical
AI/ML, Python, Java, Microcontrollers, Circuitry, 3D Printing, CAD
LanguagesJapanese (conversational), Spanish (conversational)
Awards
National Youth Science Academy; 1st place J.P. Morgan GenerationTech; Illinois Science & Technology Coalition Scholarship
InterestsEspresso, Liszt, Stoicism, Nietzsche, Cycling
Contact
Best reached by email. I’m open to research collaborations and internships.
Email: zachary.deutsch@duke.edu
Phone: +1 (312) 989-5658