Kathrin Eichler is a software developer with 14 years of experience bridging research-grade natural language processing and production software engineering. She holds a PhD in Computational Linguistics (magna cum laude) from Saarland University and has led NLP and big-data projects at DFKI, coordinating developer teams and delivering industrial integrations. Since 2017 she has been building commercial software at Projektron GmbH, applying her expertise in Java, machine learning, and textual inference to real-world systems. Her background combines academic rigor—teaching and research in linguistics—with hands-on product development dating back to internships at IBM and early engineering roles. Colleagues value her ability to translate complex NLP research into maintainable, scalable code and project plans. Based in the Berlin area, she brings a rare mix of deep linguistic insight and practical software delivery experience.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Linguistics, magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Linguistics, magna cum laude at Universität des Saarlandes
M.Sc., Intelligent Systems, with distinction, M.Sc., Intelligent Systems, with distinction at University of Sunderland
B.A., Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, 1.3 (A), B.A., Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, 1.3 (A) at University of Tübingen
Fultondale High School, Alabama
Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics at Stockholm University
Abitur, Abitur at Elisabeth-Langgässer-Gymnasium, Alzey
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