Marjolein Verkouter
Head Of Technical Operations And R&D
Havelte, Drenthe, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMarjolein Verkouter is a seasoned technical leader with over nine years in senior roles and a career in VLBI-focused software engineering stretching back to the late 1990s. As Head of Technical Operations and R&D at the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, she manages teams of technical experts while shaping research proposals and driving operational excellence for radio astronomy infrastructure. Her background in astronomy (MSc, University of Groningen) gives her rare domain fluency that she pairs with hands-on systems and software experience. Colleagues rely on her to translate complex scientific requirements into reliable, production-grade systems and to bridge research with operational delivery. Based in Havelte, Netherlands, she combines long tenure in the VLBI community with a pragmatic leadership style that prioritizes reproducibility and collaboration. An understated strength is her continuity across the same scientific ecosystem, providing institutional memory that accelerates innovation and deployment.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Astronomy, Masters, Astronomy at University of Groningen
Github Skills (72)
singularity-container10
giza10
vector-graphics10
plot10
visualization10
science9
astronomy9
python9
matplotlib9
casa9
fortran9
radio-astronomy9
scientific-visualization9
cocoa8
astrophysics8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
haavee/ppgplot
Jun 2018 - Feb 2025
Pythonic Interface to PGPLOT
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 6 branches in 6 years 8 months
pythonpythonic
jive-vlbi/jive5ab
Mar 2019 - Apr 2022
The JIVE VLBI data recording and transport utility
Contributions:143 commits, 1 PR, 186 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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