Jens Staal
Associate Professor Of Biology
Ghent Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolJens Staal is an Associate Professor of Biology at Ghent University with 14 years of research and academic experience spanning plant genetics, immunology and signal transduction. He holds an M.Sc.Eng in biotechnology and a PhD in plant genetics, and has led postdoctoral and faculty work focused on MALT1-mediated NF-κB signaling and T-cell responses while also identifying resistance genes in plant–pathogen systems. Jens combines deep wet-lab expertise with computational curiosity—he describes himself as a scientist who does "computer nerd stuff" as a hobby—bringing quantitative approaches to complex biological questions. Based in the Ghent metropolitan area, he balances a demanding academic career with project management roles at VIB and hands-on responsibilities as a half-time single dad, reflecting strong organizational and mentoring skills.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
(course) Dutch, (course) Dutch at PCVO GhenteneskolanDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Plant Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Plant Genetics at SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences(thesis work) Pharmacognosy, (thesis work) Pharmacognosy at Uppsala University(course) Organic chemistry, (course) Organic chemistry at Stockholm UniversityMaster of Engineering (MEng) Biotechnology, Master of Engineering (MEng) Biotechnology at Umeå Universityhighschool Chemical Engineering, highschool Chemical Engineering at Västergårdgymnasiet
Swedish, English, Dutch, German
Github Skills (193)
windows10
curses10
termcap10
sudoku10
netcore10
alpine-linux10
ncurses10
linux10
powershell10
shell10
minesweeper10
revit-api10
sequencing10
maze10
pdcurses10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Aalbus-linux/Aalbus
Dec 2020 - Jul 2021
The master repository for the Aalbus distribution
Contributions:4 releases, 33 commits, 2 PRs in 7 months
linuxmasteropensuseansible-collectionsbitbake
staalmannen/NetHack
Jun 2020 - Aug 2024
Official NetHack Git Repository
Contributions:2 PRs, 30 pushes in 4 years 3 months
git-repositoryversion-controlsubversionlibgit2linux
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