Christian Lieven
Co-Founder & CTO at Unseen Bio
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolChristian Lieven is a Co-Founder and CTO with a PhD in computational systems biology and a decade of experience translating biological research into production-ready software and biotechnology ventures. He led bioinformatics and software development on EU Horizon2020 projects and co-founded startups (Unseen Bio, Metabolyzer) that commercialize metabolic modelling and cell-design tools. His academic work produced memote, a community-driven test suite for genome-scale metabolic models, and the first curated GEM for Methylococcus capsulatus, demonstrating a rare blend of rigorous computational modeling and practical strain-engineering insight. Based in Aachen, he couples hands-on engineering leadership with experience in project acceleration programs and international team moderation, making him effective at bridging research, product strategy, and stakeholder engagement.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, 1.7, Abitur, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, 1.7 at Gymnasium Haus OverbachBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Molecular Biotechnology, 2.1, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Molecular Biotechnology, 2.1 at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität HeidelbergMaster of Science (MSc), Biology, General, 1.3, Master of Science (MSc), Biology, General, 1.3 at RWTH Aachen UniversityTechnical University of Denmark
English, Spanish, Danish, French, German
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Github Skills (90)
constraint10
metabolic-models10
computational-biology10
cobra10
popularity10
systems-biology10
sbml-model10
genome10
standardization10
constraint-programming10
flux10
simulation10
agent-based-modeling10
sbml10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ChristianLieven/memote-m-capsulatus
Mar 2018 - Apr 2019
Genome-scale metabolic model of Methylococcus capsulatus.
Contributions:1 release, 75 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 1 month
bioinformaticsgenomescale
biosustain/iVnat
Jul 2018 - Apr 2019
Draft genome-scale metabolic model of Vibrio natriegens
Contributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 9 months
bioinformaticsgenomedraft-genomescale
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