Michael Potthoff
Senior Software Engineer at DHI
Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Denmark
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Top SchoolMichael Potthoff is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in ecological, agent-based, and individual-based modelling for marine and freshwater systems. At DHI he maintains the ecological modelling core "ECOLab," providing development, training and 1st/2nd level support that bridges research-grade models and production consulting. His career blends deep academic research—PhD in biology and roles at Alfred Wegener Institute, UFZ and university limnology units—with applied industry delivery, ensuring models are both theoretically sound and operationally robust. Trained in computer science as well as biology, he uniquely translates ecological theory into maintainable software architectures. Colleagues describe him as an aviation-enthusiast engineer who brings disciplined, long-term stewardship to complex scientific codebases. Based in Bocholt, he combines consultancy experience with an enduring focus on reproducible, field-relevant ecological modelling.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Dr.rer.net, Biologie, Dr.rer.net, Biologie at Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgComputer Science, Computer Science at Universität PaderbornDiplom, Biology, General, sehr gut (first grade), Diplom, Biology, General, sehr gut (first grade) at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität MünsterBiology, General, Biology, General at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
German, English, Danish
Github Skills (69)
webview10
flying10
gitlab10
webassembly9
ruby9
rtl-sdr9
plugin9
gitlab-api9
debug9
aviation9
wkwebview9
chrome9
rails9
android9
pageant9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mpotthoff/vscode-android-webview-debug
Aug 2018 - Feb 2022
Debug your JavaScript code running in WebViews on any Android device from VS Code.
Contributions:11 releases, 45 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 6 months
wkwebviewwebviewsvscodejavascriptvscode-extension
mpotthoff/lavaplayer
Apr 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:2 branches in 2 years
audio-playerdiscordaudioaudio-player-librarymusic
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