Andreas Hüttel
Globetrotter at Gentoo Linux
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolAndreas Hüttel is a physicist-turned-software-savvy researcher with 17 years of experience bridging experimental nanoscience and open-source systems engineering. He led funded research on low-temperature electronics and nanomechanics of carbon and MoS2 nanotubes, held an Emmy Noether research group and visiting professor posts, and now combines academia with world travel as a self-described Globetrotter. Longactive in Gentoo Linux since 2010, Andreas has held leadership roles including Gentoo Council member, Foundation board member and president, and contributes to package management and toolchain work such as the Gentoo Science overlay. His profile blends deep hands-on lab skills (device fabrication, cryogenic transport measurements) with volunteer large-scale distribution maintenance—an uncommon mix that enables practical, reproducible research software and system-level thinking.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Physics, Physics at University of OxfordHabilitation, Physics, Habilitation, Physics at University of RegensburgDr. rer. nat., Physics, Dr. rer. nat., Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
English, German, French, Dutch
Github Skills (8)
gentoo10
software-packaging10
overlay10
science10
overlays10
ebuild10
patch10
makefile9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
gentoo/sci
Jun 2010 - Dec 2017
[MIRROR] Gentoo Science Overlay
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:163 commits in 7 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Andreas primarily contributed to the Gentoo Science Overlay, focusing on package management and build system modifications. Their work involved importing and updating ebuilds, which are the package build scripts used in Gentoo. The commits showcase modifications to build files and patches, indicating a focus on adapting software packages for the Gentoo environment, including adjusting build configurations and version bumps.
ebuildgentooscienceoverlay
lab-measurement/Lab-Measurement
Mar 2009 - Jan 2023
Lab::Measurement allows to perform test and measurement tasks with Perl scripts.
Contributions:1 review, 915 commits, 8 PRs in 14 years
perl-scriptslabperlmeasurement
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.