Jonathan Zul Luna

Machine Learning Researcher & Software Engineer

Co-Founder & CTO at AquaPathAI | Mitacs Accelerate Research Intern at Somru BioScience Inc.

jonathanzulluna.work@outlook.com
902-540-3037
Charlottetown, PE, Canada

MSc Computer Science student at the University of Prince Edward Island, specializing in Machine Learning and Computer Vision. Co-Founder and CTO of AquaPathAI, an AI-enabled diagnostic software startup for aquaculture pathology. Currently a Mitacs Accelerate research intern with Somru BioScience Inc., developing ML methodology for biomanufacturing analytics in support of biosimilarity and comparability research.

Experience

Research Intern (Mitacs Accelerate)

July 2026 — Present

Somru BioScience Inc. | Charlottetown, PE

  • Developing machine learning methodology for biomanufacturing analytics in support of biosimilarity and comparability research for monoclonal antibody production.
  • Contributing to internal platform development, working across Angular (frontend) and FastAPI (backend).
  • Collaborating with a cross-functional team spanning ML research and software engineering as part of an MSc research placement.

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Jan 2026 — Present

AquaPathAI | Charlottetown, PE

  • Co-founded an AI-enabled diagnostic software startup building tools to support pathology workflows in aquaculture.
  • Lead technical strategy, product architecture, and early development as CTO.

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Oyster MSX Project)

May 2024 — May 2025

University of Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown, PE

  • Engineered a 'Human-in-the-Loop' diagnostic system combining Deep Learning (ResNet20 + YOLO11) and Computer Vision (SAM) to automate MSX disease detection in gigapixel Whole-Slide Images.
  • Designed an Explainable AI (XAI) interface utilizing Vision Language Models (VLMs) to provide context-aware analysis and flag issues for pathologist review.
  • Optimized model training and inference on Alliance Canada HPC systems using CUDA and parallel programming to process 1TB+ datasets.
  • Invited by the PEI Aquaculture Alliance to present findings to industry stakeholders and researchers.

Education

University of Prince Edward Island

Apr 2026 — Apr 2028
MSc in Computer Science
  • Research focus: machine learning methodology for biomanufacturing analytics, in collaboration with Somru BioScience Inc. (Mitacs Accelerate).

University of Prince Edward Island

Sep 2022 — May 2026
BSc in Computer Science Honours, Minor Business Administration
GPA: 4.0
  • Dean's Honours List (2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025)
  • Specialization in Machine Learning, Data Mining, and Database Systems

Technical Skills

AI & Machine Learning

PyTorchTensorFlowYOLO11SAM (Segment Anything)OpenCVScikit-learnVLMs

Web Development & Backend

AngularFastAPIREST APIs

Languages

PythonTypeScriptJavaC++SQLR

Data & High Performance Computing

PandasNumPyCUDAHPC (Alliance Canada)Git

Concepts

Computer VisionExplainable AI (XAI)Object DetectionMLOpsHuman-in-the-LoopFull-Stack Development

Awards & Recognition

  • Invited Presentation – BioNetworking Event, AI in Action: Real-World Use Cases in Bioscience
    Prince Edward Island BioAlliance • May 2026
  • Selected Cohort Participant – $8,000 non-dilutive funding, customer validation stream
    Ocean Startup Project – Idea Challenge • April 2026
  • 1st Place Scalability Excellence, 2nd Place Best Financial Plan, 2nd Place Most Innovative, Pitching Funding – $7,500 total prize
    UPEI Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program (Panther Pitch) • April 2026
  • 1st Place Idea Stream – $3,000 prize
    UNB RBC Student Pitch Competition • March 2026
  • Invited Presentation – Oyster MSX Research
    MSX Workshop • Nov 2025
  • 1st Place Best Undergraduate Presentation
    Science Atlantic MSCS Conference • Oct 2025
  • Science Communication Award
    Science Atlantic MSCS Conference • Oct 2025

Languages

  • Englishfluent
  • Spanishnative