Michalis Michaelides

Head of Research, PhysicsX

Michalis is Head of Research at PhysicsX, bringing AI and ML methods to industrial applications of physics and engineering. He leads a team of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, with a culture of intellectual honesty, commitment to scientific enquiry, and developing for real-world impact. He was previously a Data Scientist at QuantumBlack (McKinsey) for four years, working on projects for advanced industries, including F1 racing, shipping route optimisation, and design optimisation for hydropower turbines. Michalis holds a BSc in (Theoretical) Physics from Imperial, MSc in Machine Learning from UCL, and PhD in Informatics from The University of Edinburgh focusing on stochastic modelling of spatio-temporal systems.

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