Florian Heigwer
Data Scientist
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolFlorian Heigwer is a Data Scientist and biotechnologist with 11 years of multidisciplinary experience at the intersection of wet-lab molecular biology and computational biology, currently splitting his time between the DKFZ German Cancer Research Center and a professorship at Technische Hochschule Bingen. He holds a summa cum laude PhD in Biomathematics/Bioinformatics and has led large-scale, multi-year research programs using high-throughput screening, imaging, single-cell analysis, and multi-omics to decode cellular signal processing. Fluent in assay development and experimental design, he combines hands-on wet-lab expertise with advanced data analysis to translate complex temporal and spatial cellular behaviors into actionable insights. An experienced mentor and science communicator, he has trained many students who went on to academic careers and now pursues commercialization pathways such as patenting and licensing to scale technology impact. Known for professionalizing academic initiatives, he is actively seeking mentorship from senior researchers and entrepreneurs to accelerate independent translational efforts. Based in Heidelberg, he balances research leadership with community-building roles (e.g., CytoData) and a pragmatic drive to move discoveries from bench to broader use.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Abitur, Abitur, Abitur at Evangelisches Ratsgymnasium ErfurtMaster of Science - MS, Molekulare Biotechnologie, 1.1, Master of Science - MS, Molekulare Biotechnologie, 1.1 at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität HeidelbergDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, 1.0 (summa cum laude), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, 1.0 (summa cum laude) at DKFZ German Cancer Research Center
English, isländisch, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
designer9
cellprofiler8
django8
morphology8
hierarchical8
classify7
bioinformatics6
image-analysis6
docker6
electrophysiology6
topological-data-analysis6
machine-learning4
python4
pytorch3
imaging1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
boutroslab/cld
May 2015 - Oct 2022
A software for the multispecies design of CRISPR/Cas9 libraries
Contributions:134 commits, 4 PRs, 125 pushes in 7 years 5 months
crispr-cas9crispr
fheigwer/cld
Mar 2016 - Jan 2019
A software for the multispecies design of CRISPR/Cas9 libraries
Contributions:6 releases, 8 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 10 months
crispr-cas9crispr
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