Jan Kotanski
Senior Software Developer And Scientist at DESY
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Kotanski is a Senior Software Developer and Scientist based in Hamburg with 14 years of experience translating advanced mathematical physics into production-grade software for research institutions. With a PhD in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, he has led Monte Carlo efforts for ATLAS/CERN and since 2012 delivers software and scientific solutions at DESY, blending deep domain knowledge in control systems and modeling with practical skills in Python, C++ and PHP. He contributes to scientific open-source tooling—improving image processing and visualization in the widely used pyqtgraph library—highlighting a focus on robust data handling and visualization for engineering workflows. Comfortable moving between research and engineering, he is known for turning complex theoretical problems into reliable, reproducible code used in large-scale experiments.
14 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Jagiellonian University
Polish, English, German, French
Github Skills (9)
data-visualizations10
scientific-visualization10
data-visualization10
data-visualisation10
visualization10
visualizations10
python10
numpy10
qt9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
Fast data visualization and GUI tools for scientific / engineering applications
Role in this project:
Developer
DeveloperContributions:4 PRs, 5 issues in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jan primarily focused on improving the `pyqtgraph` library's image processing and visualization capabilities. Their contributions included adding and modifying functions related to nan handling in image data, specifically within the `makeARGB` function. They also worked on implementing export parameters for the GraphicsScene, as well as fixing autoLevel functionality for RGB histograms. These modifications enhanced the library's ability to handle specific data types and improve its functionality for scientific visualization.
pythonnumpydata-and-visualizationguiengineering
nexdatas/nxselector
Mar 2014 - Feb 2023
Contributions:17 releases, 755 commits, 98 PRs in 8 years 11 months
nexusformatpythonsardanaguihdf5
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