Nils Zimmermann
Freiberuflicher Autor at Texte für den Fortschritt
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolNils Zimmermann is a freelance author and former computational physical chemist with over a decade of international research experience in chemistry, engineering and materials science, holding a PhD from TU Hamburg-Harburg. After 13 years in academia and postdoctoral work at institutions including Berkeley Lab and UC Santa Barbara, he now writes about freelancing, family and social issues while building a second career in science journalism (https://nerz.blog). His technical background spans molecular simulation, high-throughput materials screening and data visualization, giving him a rare ability to translate complex scientific topics for broader audiences. Based in Hamburg, he combines rigorous research training with lived experience as a parent and activist, which informs his practical, socially aware perspective. An early-career pattern of visiting collaborations and interdisciplinary projects suggests he thrives at the interface of computation, experiment and communication.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Erasmus exchange studies, Chemical Engineering, Erasmus exchange studies, Chemical Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering, 1.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering, 1.0 at Technische Universität Hamburg-HarburgAbitur, Chemsitry and Mathematics, 1.4, Abitur, Chemsitry and Mathematics, 1.4 at Gymnasium Neu Wulmstorf
German, English, Swedish, French
Github Skills (25)
python10
materials-informatics10
mining10
code-analysis10
pymatgen10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
science10
staging9
dynamic9
data-mining9
databases9
issue-tracking9
database9
machine-learning8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nisse3000/pymatgen
May 2015 - Aug 2024
Python Materials Genomics (pymatgen) is a robust materials analysis code that defines core object representations for structures and molecules with support for many electronic structure codes. It is currently the core analysis code powering the Materials Project.
Contributions:132 pushes, 6 branches, 2 comments in 9 years 4 months
moleculespythonrepresentationselectronic-structuregenomics
nisse3000/matminer
Jan 2017 - Jun 2018
data mining for Materials Science
Contributions:76 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
data-analysispythonminingsciencedata-science
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