Christopher Maree
Mechanism Researcher at UMA
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolChristopher Maree is a mechanism researcher and full-stack engineer with 8 years of experience building DeFi infrastructure and economic primitives from Berlin. He currently leads research at UMA Protocol on oracle and mechanism design after previously heading an engineering team developing Optimistic Oracle solutions and contributing core smart-contract work like liquidation/disputer bots. Chris blends rigorous academic training—a cum laude BSc in Electrical & Information Engineering and an MPhil in Data Science focused on Financial Technology—with hands-on protocol engineering and devops. He’s co-founded blockchain startups focused on real-world incentives and identity, and evaluates crypto investments as a research partner at Hack.vc. An active open-source contributor, his Solidity work on UMA’s protocol tackles real-world issues like price feeds and token decimal handling. Outside work he’s equally curious—scuba diving, photography and live music inform a design-minded approach to building human-centered financial systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, BSc, Electrical and Information Engineering, Cum Laude, Bachelor's degree, BSc, Electrical and Information Engineering, Cum Laude at University of the WitwatersrandMaster's degree, MPhil Masters In Data Science, specializing in Financial Technology, Cum Laude, Master's degree, MPhil Masters In Data Science, specializing in Financial Technology, Cum Laude at University of Cape TownMatric, 7 Distinctions, 87% Average, Matric, 7 Distinctions, 87% Average at St John's College
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Github Skills (7)
decentralized-finance10
gas-optimization10
smart-contracts10
solidity10
ethereum10
web3js9
testing9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
UMAprotocol/protocol
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
UMA Protocol Running on Ethereum
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3484 reviews, 1249 commits, 1474 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily contributed to the development of UMA protocol's smart contracts, especially focusing on the liquidator and disputer bots. Their work included implementing functionality for new liquidation strategies and optimizing the efficiency of existing components. The user demonstrated strong skills in Solidity, along with experience in managing contract interactions and integrating with other components of the UMA system. Their work included refactoring and adding features related to price feeds and the handling of different token decimal precisions.
ethereumdefimonorepo
chrismaree/EthStarter
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:50 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
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