Christian Herzog is Head of IT at ETH Zurich's Physics Department with 14 years of professional experience and a PhD in physics from ETH. He combines deep scientific training in integrated optics, quantum electronics and ferroelectrics with hands-on systems and software skills across Perl, Ruby on Rails, C, Java, PHP, Linux/OS X administration and Apache. Known for pronounced analytical skills and a quick intellectual grasp, he oversees complex lab IT infrastructures while still contributing code and features to open-source projects such as an ESP32-based multiroom Squeezelite streamer. His work bridges experimental science and practical engineering—tuning low-level system behavior, managing networking states, and improving user interfaces for embedded devices. Based in Zurich, he brings a rare mix of research rigor and pragmatic full‑stack development to academic IT operations.
ESP32 Music streaming based on Squeezelite, with support for multi-room sync, AirPlay, Bluetooth, Hardware buttons, display and more
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:98 commits, 61 pushes, 29 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the front-end and back-end of the ESP32 music streaming project. Their work included improvements to the user interface, such as UI cleanup and the addition of firmware upload features. They also modified back-end code by adjusting resampling defaults, managing JSON timers related to Wi-Fi connection, and addressing various configuration and connection states within the Wi-Fi manager.
Contributions:40 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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Christian Herzog - Head Of IT at Physics Department, ETH Zurich