Michal Habera
Postdoctoral Researcher at Rafinex
Luxembourg
Summary
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Top SchoolMichal Habera is a postdoctoral researcher and computational mechanics engineer with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and open-source software development. Based in Luxembourg, he holds a PhD in Civil Engineering and specializes in finite element methods, numerical modeling, and FEniCS ecosystem development. His contributions to the next-generation dolfinx backend show practical expertise in robust I/O, pybind11 integration, and HDF data handling for scientific workflows. Michal has balanced roles in academia and industry—continuing research at the University of Luxembourg while contributing to applied projects at Rafinex—which reflects his ability to translate theory into production-ready code. Early work includes a successful Google Summer of Code project linking FEniCS and ParaView, highlighting a long-standing commitment to reproducible computational tools. Known for curiosity (summed up by his Aquinas motto), he blends deep numerical insight with pragmatic software engineering.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering at University of LuxembourgHigh school of St. Thomas Aquinas, KošiceMaster's degree, Mathematical and computational modeling, Master's degree, Mathematical and computational modeling at Charles University in Prague
English, Slovak, Italian, German
Github Skills (8)
hdf10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
python10
pybind119
finite-element-analysis8
parallel-computing7
partial-differential-equations7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
FEniCS/dolfinx
Mar 2018 - Jul 2022
Next generation FEniCS problem solving environment
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:124 reviews, 185 commits, 163 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Michal's commits primarily involve modifications to the `dolfinx/dolfinx` repository, a problem-solving environment for the FEniCS project. Their work includes fixing I/O exceptions related to pybind11, updating namespaces, and optimizing HDF append mode. These changes are centered around improving the core functionality and data handling capabilities of the software, indicating a focus on back-end development.
next-generationsolvingfenicsfinite-element-methodsproblem-solving
michalhabera/dolfiny
Jan 2020 - Oct 2022
Dolfin-y, high level wrappers for dolfin-x, the FEniCS library
Contributions:183 commits, 7 PRs, 138 pushes in 2 years 9 months
fenicshigh-levelh3wrappersrecurly
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