Leopold Talirz
Head Of Computational Materials Engineering
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolLeopold Talirz is Head of Computational Materials Engineering with 14 years bridging quantum-mechanical materials research and production-grade software at the intersection of materials informatics and cloud/HPC infrastructure. He leads development and deployment of open science platforms and core tools (notably as a core developer of the widely used AiiDA workflow manager), has authored 17 peer-reviewed papers with >1500 citations, and consistently contributes thousands of commits annually on GitHub. Comfortable from C++ and tier‑0 supercomputers to Python web apps and Kubernetes deployments, he has a track record of turning research code into robust, documented platforms used by global communities (e.g., Quantum Mobile >15k downloads). Colleagues rely on him to translate experimental challenges into automated, reproducible workflows and to make complex simulations accessible to engineers and experimentalists.
15 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at University of ZurichMaster of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at ETH Zürich
German, English
Stackoverflow
670reputation
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22answers
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Github Skills (27)
conda-forge10
postgresql10
python10
testing10
command-line-interface10
materials-informatics10
pymatgen10
command-line10
database-management10
refactoring10
documentation10
cli10
computational-materials-science10
markdown9
markdown-it9
Programming languages (34)
Github contributions (5)
aiidateam/aiida-core
Jun 2017 - Jan 2023
The official repository for the AiiDA code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 786 reviews, 453 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Leopold focused on enhancing the ``verdi quicksetup`` command-line tool and also improved the database setup scripts, indicating a focus on back-end development. They modified features in the `verdi quicksetup` and related to code changes, added new flags, and fixed issues. Additionally, the user introduced changes related to the core functionality of database handling, code management, and import/export processes.
aiidaworkflow-engineschedulerprovenancessh
conda-forge/conda-smithy
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
The tool for managing conda-forge feedstocks.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 12 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Leopold primarily focused on improving documentation within the conda-smithy project. Their commits involved updating links and references within the documentation to point to the correct locations. The updates primarily targeted the `lint_recipe.py` and `update_cb3.py` files, correcting links related to deprecated patterns and providing better guidance for users. This involved making numerous targeted edits to various files related to documentation and meta information.
conda-forgecontinuous-integration
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