Moritz Beber
Lead IT Solution Architect at Technology-Focused Meetings
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolMoritz Beber is a Lead IT Solution Architect and research software engineer with a PhD in computational systems biology and 11 years of experience translating domain science into robust software and infrastructure. He combines deep expertise in metabolic networks, constraint-based modeling and omics integration with hands-on engineering—contributing to prominent open-source projects like COBRApy and nf-core where he improved core algorithms, CI/CD, and workflow modules. Moritz excels at automating workflows and building reproducible bioinformatics pipelines, having implemented containerization, Conda-based environments, and Nextflow modules used by the community. He has held technical leadership roles from CTO to product owner and now drives solution architecture at Novo Nordisk, bridging domain experts and engineering teams to deliver production-ready systems. A less obvious strength is his consistent focus on developer experience and testing-in-style, making complex computational biology tooling accessible and maintainable.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Systems Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Systems Biology at Jacobs University Bremen
English, German, Spanish, French, Afrikaans
Github Skills (39)
docker10
python10
dsl10
package-development10
plugin-development10
bash10
conda10
travis-ci10
dockers10
data-structure10
nextflow10
cicd10
script10
metabolic-models10
flux10
Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
opencobra/cobrapy
Feb 2017 - Dec 2022
COBRApy is a package for constraint-based modeling of metabolic networks.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 214 reviews, 470 commits in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Moritz was heavily involved in refactoring the codebase, focusing on improvements to the core data structures and the solution retrieval processes, as indicated by the "Lazy solution [WIP]" commits. They also updated several functions to be more generic and less specific to the model, thus enhancing the overall robustness of the package. Furthermore, the user made improvements to the objective setting, as well as the FVA capabilities.
pythonsystems-biologysimulationsbml-simulationbioinformatics
nf-core/modules
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
Repository to host tool-specific module files for the Nextflow DSL2 community!
Role in this project:Backend Developer / Module Maintainer
Backend Developer / Module MaintainerContributions:119 reviews, 35 commits, 32 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Moritz primarily contributed to developing and maintaining Nextflow modules within the nf-core/modules repository. Their work involved creating new modules for bioinformatics tools like `sra-tools`, `fasterq-dump`, `sourmash`, `hmmer`, `Bracken`, `seqkit stats`, `adapterremoval`, and `slimfastq`. They implemented the necessary processes, functions, and tests while also refactoring and improving existing modules, ensuring proper integration within the nf-core pipeline framework. Furthermore, they added subworkflows and updated modules to handle settings inputs and handle file extensions.
nextflownf-coreworkflowspipelinesdsl2
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