Jan Wirwahn
Co-Founder at re:edu GmbH & Co. KG
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Wirwahn is a co-founder and embedded systems engineer with 13 years of experience building open sensor systems, geospatial software and citizen science platforms from Münster, Germany. He leads product and business development at re:edu, combining hands-on hardware and web development with OER creation and workshop delivery for schools and communities. His work on senseBox and the openSenseMap demonstrates a long-term commitment to open science, crowdsourced environmental data and participatory learning models. Comfortable bridging research and practice, he has driven usability-focused GIS research into tangible educational products and scalable citizen science networks. Colleagues describe him succinctly: “Just be a good human,” which mirrors his emphasis on accessible, community-driven technology.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
External Studies, Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture, External Studies, Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture at Universität HohenheimMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Geoinformatics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Geoinformatics at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Github Skills (31)
open-data10
api10
sensebox10
sensor10
reboot9
sketch9
iot9
sketchup9
arduino8
gitbook8
google-blockly7
docker7
stem6
rapidapi6
puzzle6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sensebox/arduino
Apr 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:17 commits, 4 pushes in 10 months
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