Marv Hansen
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolMarv Hansen is a scientifically trained problem-solver with 12 years of software experience built on a long industrial career as a Senior Research Advisor in small-molecule design at Eli Lilly, and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from UC Berkeley. He blends deep experimental rigor with practical backend engineering, contributing focused enhancements to the popular diesel ORM for Rust—particularly around PostgreSQL custom array handling and embedded migrations. Based in Indianapolis, Marv brings an inventor’s mindset to software and science alike, comfortable translating complex domain requirements into tested, CI-integrated solutions. He is reachable directly by email for faster responses and prefers to engage through hands-on technical work rather than social media.
12 years of coding experience
PhD, Organic Chemistry, PhD, Organic Chemistry at University of California, BerkeleyBS, Chemistry, BS, Chemistry at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Github Skills (20)
database-migrations10
postgresql10
query-builder10
testing10
database-migration10
rust10
reactive-programming6
observer-pattern6
sigint6
docker6
python6
scala6
jakartaee6
signal6
sqlite3
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
diesel-rs/diesel
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
A safe, extensible ORM and Query Builder for Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 1 PR, 23 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Marv primarily contributed to the `diesel-rs/diesel` repository by implementing and testing features related to custom array handling within the PostgreSQL database context. Their work involved adding examples, writing tests, and addressing linting issues, specifically within the context of the `custom_arrays` example. The user also worked on embedded schema migrations and ensuring the CI/CD action included the custom array example. The user's contributions demonstrate a focus on enhancing the functionality of the diesel ORM within a PostgreSQL environment.
ormquery-builderrustpostgresqlsqlite
bazelverse/buildutils
Jan 2025 - Oct 2025
Rust utils for Ci builds with Bazel and BuildBuddy
Contributions:16 releases, 20 PRs, 45 pushes in 8 months
bazelrustcicicdbuildbuddy
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