Hannes Röst
Assistant Professor at Aiducation International
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolHannes Röst is an Assistant Professor and bioinformatician with 14 years of experience specializing in systems biology and quantitative proteomics. Trained at ETH Zurich (MSc, Biochemistry/Bioinformatics) and a former postdoc at Stanford, he combines academic leadership with hands-on software development in Python, C++ and R. His research group focuses on protein quantification and longitudinal molecular studies, bridging computational methods and experimental proteomics. An active contributor to the OpenMS project, he has implemented and refactored core OpenSwath features—improving precursor identification, chromatogram extraction, scoring and ion mobility filtering—demonstrating deep backend expertise in open-source proteomics tooling. Based in Toronto, he also applies his technical skills to nonprofit IT leadership and web and server development through a long-standing board role. Colleagues value him for turning complex proteomics workflows into robust, reproducible software that advances systems-level biological insights.
14 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Bioinformatics, Master of Science (MSc), Bioinformatics at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
English, German
Github Skills (8)
openms10
mass-spectrometry10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
scientific-computing9
data-analysis7
code-optimization7
develop7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
OpenMS/OpenMS
Jan 2012 - Oct 2022
The codebase of the OpenMS project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:102 reviews, 4627 commits, 869 PRs in 10 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Hannes primarily focused on implementing features within the OpenMS project, specifically related to OpenSwath. Their work included adding and refining features for unique precursor ID computation, simplifying the OpenSwath workflow, enhancing chromatogram extraction and scoring, and filter functionality with ion mobility. The user also engaged in refactoring code, addressing memory issues, and contributing to the codebase of the project.
windowsanalysesms-datalinuxc-plus-plus
hroest/autowrap
Jan 2015 - Mar 2022
Generates Python Extension modules from Cythons PXD files
Contributions:2 PRs, 50 pushes, 70 branches in 7 years 3 months
pythonpython3python-extension
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