Nils Becker
Senior Staff Scientist at DKFZ German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolNils Becker is a Senior Staff Scientist based in Heidelberg with 11 years of research-focused experience bridging physics and quantitative biology. He has advanced from PhD work on complex systems to postdoctoral and staff scientist roles at institutions including the Max Planck Institute, ENS Lyon, AMOLF, and the DKFZ German Cancer Research Center, applying theory and simulation to biochemical networks, stochastic systems, and DNA mechanics. Known for a curiosity-driven approach, he combines deep theoretical training with practical modeling skills to tackle problems at the interface of physics and cancer biology. His long tenure at DKFZ and collaborative postdoctoral appointments reflect both scientific leadership and sustained interdisciplinary impact. An unassuming but persistent innovator, he often brings methods from statistical physics into biological questions that benefit from rigorous quantitative thinking.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Physics, Physics at University of WashingtonPhysics, Physics at The University of FreiburgDiploma, Diploma at Heidelberg University
German, English, French, Dutch
Github Skills (200)
autocomplete10
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Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
nilsbecker/react
Jan 2015 - Nov 2021
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 6 years 11 months
eventsdeclarativesignalsocaml
nilsbecker/ocaml-containers
Jun 2017 - May 2020
A lightweight, modular standard library extension, string library, and interfaces to various libraries (bigarrays, unix, etc.) BSD license.
Contributions:3 PRs, 11 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
unixstring-librarystringdubbsd-license
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