Nicki Skafte Detlefsen is an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), specializing in the intersection of machine learning research and operationalization. His work bridges the gap between cutting-edge machine learning research and practical deployment, emphasizing scalable, reproducible, and maintainable ML systems. Nicki's research encompasses deep generative models, protein sequence representation, and uncertainty estimation, with publications in journals like Nature Communications and conferences such as NeurIPS and CVPR. In his teaching, he integrates these principles, guiding students through the practical aspects of deploying machine learning models in both research and production settings. Beyond academia, Nicki contributes as a core developer at Lightning AI, focusing on open-source tools for scalable machine learning.