Edwin Henneken
Content, Curation & Collaborations Lead, NASA Astrophysics Data System
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolEdwin Henneken is a seasoned IT specialist and content curation lead with 13+ years steering the NASA Astrophysics Data System at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, blending astrophysics domain expertise with hands-on engineering. He builds and integrates scalable systems using Python, Flask, Docker, AWS, PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and applies data mining, bibliometrics, and recommender algorithms to curate and preserve large scholarly holdings. His work spans production operations, digital preservation, and research into citation and usage networks—turning informetric insight into practical recommendation and discovery services. Earlier roles in networking and systems operations underpin a strong operations mindset and cross-team collaboration skills. Based in Sarasota, FL, he combines an M.Sc. in Astrophysics with a rare mix of academic research experience and long-term operational stewardship of a major scientific information system.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Astrophysics, M.Sc., Astrophysics at Leiden UniversityHighschool, Highschool at St Janscollege, Den HaagHighschool, Highschool at Hofstad College
French, German, Dutch, English
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Github Skills (71)
rest-api10
face10
api10
ads10
database10
webservice10
api-documentation10
flask-api10
solr9
gephi9
visualization9
xml9
astrophysics9
typescript9
recommender8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
adsabs/adsutils
Dec 2013 - Oct 2016
Contributions:32 releases, 87 commits, 71 PRs in 2 years 10 months
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ehenneken/adsws
Oct 2015 - Dec 2020
ADS web services
Contributions:18 pushes, 11 branches in 5 years 3 months
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