Stephan Ferenz
Senior Researcher at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolStephan Ferenz is a senior researcher with eight years of experience dedicated to improving reuse of research data and software to accelerate sustainable energy systems. Based in Hanover, Germany, he combines roles at OFFIS, NFDI4Energy, and academic appointments (Oldenburg and Leibniz Hannover) to bridge applied research, data management, and open science in the energy domain. He leads coordination efforts for NFDI4Energy while driving practical research data and software management solutions that make energy research more reproducible and interoperable. His background includes international study at Michigan State and an industrial internship at AMD, giving him a rare mix of academic rigor and hands-on engineering perspective. Colleagues value his ability to translate FAIR principles into implementable workflows that support both researchers and software engineers.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Science (M.Sc.) at Leibniz Universität HannoverStudy Abroad, Study Abroad at Michigan State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
German, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (24)
360-video10
openvx9
mathematical-programming7
nonlinear-programming7
extraction7
continuous-integration7
optimization7
linear-programming7
gurobi6
modeling6
gpu6
doi6
inference6
python6
amd6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
NFDI4Energy/SMECS
May 2024 - Apr 2025
Software Metadata Extraction and Curation Software (SMECS)
Contributions:7 reviews, 14 PRs, 24 pushes in 11 months
sferenz/amdovx-modules
Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:18 PRs, 184 pushes, 36 branches in 1 month
openvxamdamd-openvx
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