Al Shumyatcher

Bioprocessing engineer with a background in software development, mechanical design and process optimization.

Passionate about scaling biological systems from lab-scale concepts to fully automated production platforms.

Résumé

Selected Projects

• RAG-Based Few-Shot Structured Document Generation Pipeline

  May 2026—Present

  • Architected a RAG-driven few-shot document generation pipeline, using nomic-embed-text vector search to dynamically inject relevant template examples into Claude API calls.
  • Engineered a zero-overhead vector cache system using serialized flat-file storage (pickle), leveraging NumPy to eliminate redundant embedding calculations.
  • Reduced operational costs by 4.8% by implementing a Held-Karp TSP optimization layer for prompt sequencing to maximize LLM context caching.

• Closed-Loop Control System for Microalgae Cultivation

  Mar 2026—Present

  • Design and integrate hardware infrastructure, optimizing growth media, feeding protocols and automated lighting cycles.
  • Implement fault-tolerant voting logic across redundant sensors to eliminate single points of failure.
  • Develop a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) recurrent neural network for soft-sensing predictions.

• Custom Browser Extensions

  Feb—Mar 2026

  • Built extension that:
    • enables increase of YouTube playback speed beyond 2x, in 0.05x increments;
    • plays YouTube Shorts as regular videos, to prevent doomscrolling.
  • Built extension that efficiently injects serif characters into sans-serif text, to reduce ambiguity.

• Development of Phase Change Material (PCM) Formulation

  Jun—Aug 2025

  • Replicated literature-based PCM formulations to develop a physiological-range wearable thermal management device.
  • Investigated formulation modifications to enhance cooling capacity.
  • Result: Desired properties not achieved. Further research needed. To be continued...