Summary
Heidi Seibold is a data scientist and open science advocate with a decade of experience building reproducible research practices across academia and industry. She co-founded and now co-leads the Digital Research Academy in Munich, translating her PhD in Biostatistics and prior research roles into hands-on training, consulting, and conference moderation. Her background spans leading an Open AI in Health group, statistical consulting, and doctoral work on model-based recursive partitioning for personalized medicine, giving her a strong blend of methodological depth and practical teaching expertise. Known for promoting open data and reproducibility, she combines entrepreneurial drive with a researcher’s rigor to help teams adopt transparent, scalable data science workflows. An understated strength is her ability to bridge technical audiences and organizers, turning complex statistical methods into accessible training and community initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biostatistics at University of Zurich
Statistics, Statistics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
German, Spanish, English