Robert Giessmann
Research IT Officer at Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung (BASE)
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolRobert Giessmann is a Research IT Officer based in Berlin who bridges the gap between researchers and IT teams, turning vague scientific requirements into practical, managed IT solutions. With a decade of experience and a PhD in Bioprocess Engineering, he has led applied research data management pilots at Bayer and now shapes strategic IT decisions for Germany’s nuclear waste safety authority. He trains and consults on FAIR data principles, contributes to the openTECR community in his early mornings, and combines domain science with hands-on system development. Notably, he operates comfortably across policy, user-facing support, and technical implementation, making him a go-to translator when complex research needs meet enterprise IT constraints.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioprocess Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioprocess Engineering at Technische Universität BerlinMaster of Science - MS, Chemistry, Master of Science - MS, Chemistry at Philipps-Universität MarburgBachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry at Universität Rostock
German, English, Spanish
Github Skills (48)
event-manager8
cookbook8
thermodynamics6
rails6
ruby6
scientific-publications6
printable6
database5
open-access5
governance5
synthetic-biology5
fusion4
synthetic4
compounds4
poster4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rgiessmann/lablog
Mar 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:98 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
roberts-farm-of-ideas/7
Feb 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 9 months
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