Summary
Marcus Lampert is a software engineer specializing in web-based applications with a decade of experience at the intersection of digital humanities and enterprise services. He currently develops digital humanities tools at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities after a stretch in consulting at PwC, bringing both academic rigor and practical delivery to complex projects. His background includes teaching, LMS integration, scripting in PHP/JavaScript, and translating scholarly workflows into user-facing software. Marcus pairs a PhD-level grounding in German language and literature with hands-on engineering, enabling him to bridge domain experts and developers effectively. Based in Berlin, he is comfortable navigating multilingual, research-oriented environments and shaping reproducible digital scholarship. Colleagues rely on him for turning nuanced humanities requirements into maintainable, web-native solutions.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Fulbright Study Grant, German Language and Literature, Visiting Fulbright Study Grant, German Language and Literature at Freie Universität Berlin
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), German Language and Literature, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), German Language and Literature at The University of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts (BA), German Language and Literature, magna cum laude, Bachelor of Arts (BA), German Language and Literature, magna cum laude at Princeton University