Jan Helbing
Group Leader And Lecturer at Chemistry Department, University of Zurich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJan Helbing is a Zurich-based group leader and lecturer at the University of Zurich's Chemistry Department with over a decade of postdoctoral and research experience bridging physics and chemistry. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Lausanne and advanced degrees from Wuerzburg and Stony Brook, bringing deep academic rigor to hands-on laboratory leadership and teaching. As Co-President of the Association of Senior Researchers and Teaching Staff (VFFL) he combines scientific stewardship with advocacy for research staff, shaping institutional policy beyond the bench. His compact GitHub persona "root@home:~#" hints at a pragmatic, systems-minded approach to research tooling and reproducible workflows. Colleagues know him for converting complex physical problems into teachable experiments and sustainable group practices that outlast individual projects.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureat, International Baccalaureat at UWC Atlantic CollegeDocteur ès Sciences (PhD), Physics, Docteur ès Sciences (PhD), Physics at University of Lausanne - UNILDiplom (BSc abd MSc), Physics, Diplom (BSc abd MSc), Physics at University of WuerzburgMaster's degree, Physics, Master's degree, Physics at Stony Brook University
Github Skills (44)
termux9
editor9
electron9
typescript9
linux9
android8
visual-studio8
retail8
vscode8
captcha-solving8
vscode-extension8
visual-studio-code8
microsoft8
opengl7
terminal-emulator7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JanHelbling/jhSitemapgenerator
Jun 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 8 months
txt-filestxtcommandline-toolxmlsitemap
JanHelbling/py9kw
Jun 2018 - Feb 2020
py9kw - A Python3 API for the Captcha Solving Service 9kw.eu
Contributions:8 commits, 10 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 8 months
apipythonsolvingcaptchapython3
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