Folker Meyer
Professor at University of Duisburg-Essen
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolFolker Meyer is a Professor of Medicine and Computer Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen and founder of a data science lab within the Institute for AI in Medicine (IKIM), focusing on efficient, reproducible, and sustainable Data Science with a OneHealth emphasis. With 14 years of experience spanning academia and national labs, he brings deep expertise in computational biology from prior roles at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. He bridges medical research, environmental concerns via affiliation with the Center for Water and the Environment, and computer science to tackle cross-disciplinary problems. Known for promoting reproducibility and sustainability in data-driven research, he combines rigorous PhD-trained CS foundations with practical leadership in applied AI for healthcare.
14 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Bielefeld University
Github Skills (37)
data-import10
minimum10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
sequence10
metagenomics10
protein-sequences9
json-schema9
data-management9
specification9
backend9
aerospike8
data-analysis8
object-store8
coreos7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
folker/tech-report
Jan 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
MG-RAST/tech-report
Jun 2013 - Mar 2019
MG-RAST manual and documentation
Contributions:2 releases, 67 commits, 17 PRs in 5 years 10 months
manualmg-rastmetagenomicsmetagenomic-analysis
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