Marcel Bolten
Freelance Software Engineer at Sole Proprietorship
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolMarcel Bolten is a freelance software engineer based in Vancouver with six years of professional experience bridging academic research and open-source engineering. He transitioned from six years as a postdoctoral research scientist at institutions including UBC and ETH Zurich into freelance development, bringing a strong background in chemical biology and scientific software needs. Marcel contributes primarily to eLabFTW, an open-source electronic lab notebook, reflecting a focus on tools that improve reproducibility and collaboration for research teams. His work uniquely combines domain knowledge of lab workflows with hands-on software delivery, making him adept at translating complex scientific requirements into practical engineering solutions. Comfortable working across research and product contexts, he excels at building reliable, researcher-facing systems that prioritize auditability and usability. Based in Canada but steeped in international academic experience, he offers a pragmatic, evidence-driven approach to software projects in the life sciences.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Chemical Biology, Master of Science, Chemical Biology at Technische Universität Dortmund
German, English
Github Skills (76)
notebook10
parser10
utf10
testing10
acceptance-testing10
phpunit10
pdf-generation10
php-library10
integration-testing10
cjk10
peg10
documented10
bdd10
html10
pegjs10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
deltablot/ove-umd-builder
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
Build UMD version of Open Vector Editor
Contributions:39 commits, 5 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year 5 months
editorvectorvector-editorumd
MarcelBolten/elabftw
May 2020 - Oct 2023
:notebook: eLabFTW is the most popular open source electronic lab notebook for research labs.
Contributions:25 releases, 62 PRs, 544 pushes in 3 years 5 months
notebookelectronicelabftwlab-notebooklab
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