Clemens Blank
Teacher In Math & Physics
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolClemens Blank is a math and physics teacher in Baden-Württemberg with 11 years of professional experience that bridge academic research, classroom practice, and open-source bioinformatics development. He holds strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills honed during a PhD stint in bioinformatics at the University of Freiburg and has contributed back-end wrappers and maintenance work to the widely used Galaxy Project tooling. Comfortable in interdisciplinary and intercultural settings after extended stays abroad (including teaching and IT work in India and Shanghai), he brings a generalist’s perspective to complex technical and pedagogical challenges. Clemens is skilled at quickly mastering new domains, distilling the essentials, and applying strategic problem-solving to optimize workflows and tools. His background combines hands-on software enhancement for scientific platforms with classroom experience translating complex concepts for diverse learners. This mix of research-grade coding, systems maintenance, and education makes him adept at connecting technical solutions to real-world teaching and research needs.
11 years of coding experience
University-entrance diploma (German Abitur), Schwerpunkte: Mathematik, Physik, Sozialkunde, GPA: 1.6 / 4.0 (1.0 being the highest, 4.0 the lowest passing grades), University-entrance diploma (German Abitur), Schwerpunkte: Mathematik, Physik, Sozialkunde, GPA: 1.6 / 4.0 (1.0 being the highest, 4.0 the lowest passing grades) at Hans-Purrmann-Gymnasium SpeyerFinal thesis, Physik, GPA: 1.5 / 4.0 (1.0 being the highest, 4.0 the lowest passing grades), Final thesis, Physik, GPA: 1.5 / 4.0 (1.0 being the highest, 4.0 the lowest passing grades) at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im BreisgauZweites Staatsexamen, Math and physics, 1,76, Zweites Staatsexamen, Math and physics, 1,76 at Seminar für Ausbildung und Fortbildung der Lehrkräfte Freiburg
German, English
Github Skills (6)
bioinformatics10
tooling10
toolz10
wrapper10
toolbox10
r10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
galaxyproject/tools-iuc
Oct 2016 - Aug 2017
Tool Shed repositories maintained by the Intergalactic Utilities Commission
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 6 PRs, 10 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Clemens contributed to the development of tools within the `galaxyproject/tools-iuc` repository. Their work included creating wrappers for bioinformatics tools like KOBAS and maSigPro, enabling their use within the Galaxy platform. They also addressed a bug in a supporting function and updated a package, indicating a focus on functionality and maintenance of the bioinformatics tools. Furthermore, the user added optional cluster information to the output of the maSigPro tool.
intergalacticrepositoriesusegalaxywrapperscommission
blankclemens/bioconda-recipes
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:8 pushes, 6 branches in 4 months
biocondabioinformaticsrecipesconda
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