Sander De Ridder
Metadata Semantic Specialist - FAIR Data Implementation
Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolSander De Ridder is a metadata and semantic specialist with 11 years of experience driving FAIR data implementation across Dutch health research and infrastructure. He leads pragmatic efforts to make health data discoverable and reusable—from coordinating the FAIR Metroline guidance and building tooling like the iCRF Generator to standardising registries via Registry-in-a-Box. His background in bioinformatics and computer science lets him bridge ontology-driven harmonisation, biobanking, and clinical data engineering while mentoring data stewards and researchers. Known for translating complex semantic concepts into clear, actionable guidance, he combines hands-on technical delivery with programme-level coordination across national projects.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Bioinformatics, MSc, Bioinformatics at Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamMSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Universiteit van Amsterdam / University of Amsterdam
English, Dutch, Portuguese
Github Skills (24)
visualization10
cancer-genomics10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
science10
plotly9
regl9
charts8
fuzzy-logic8
tuple8
plotly-dash8
webgl8
javascript7
maf7
data-visualization7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aderidder/iCRFGenerator
Dec 2019 - Sep 2022
The iCRF Generator: Generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks
Contributions:11 releases, 1 review, 20 commits in 2 years 9 months
interoperableelectronicreport
aderidder/GenericTransform
Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:1 release, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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