Werner Kramer
Lead Scientific Software Engineer at Deltares
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolWerner Kramer is a Lead Scientific Software Engineer based in Delft with 11 years of professional software engineering experience and a PhD in Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology. He specializes in high-performance computing, scientific software architecture, operational systems, computational fluid dynamics, data assimilation and predictability, bridging advanced research and production-ready engineering. After postdoctoral roles and a long tenure at VORtech—where he progressed from scientific software engineer to partner—he now leads scientific software efforts at Deltares. Werner is adept at turning complex numerical models into scalable, maintainable code for operational environments, and he often works at the intersection of data science and physics-based modeling. His career shows a recurring pattern of moving research ideas into sustained engineering practice, and he brings hands-on HPC and systems design experience to multidisciplinary teams. Based in the Netherlands, he combines academic rigor with industry pragmatism to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions for environmental and predictive applications.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Ph. D. Physics, Ph. D. Physics at Eindhoven University of TechnologyVWO Dutch English Math B Physics Chemistry Biology & Economics II, VWO Dutch English Math B Physics Chemistry Biology & Economics II at Christiaan Huygens College
Github Skills (27)
toolbox10
open-data10
operator9
webservice8
map-box8
javascript7
vue7
rest-api6
geotiff6
rest6
typescript6
ui-components6
vuetify5
semantic5
vue-component5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
OpenDA-Association/OpenDA
Jul 2016 - Jan 2023
Open data assimilation toolbox
Contributions:6 releases, 1 review, 263 commits in 6 years 6 months
toolboxassimilationopen-datadata-assimilation
Deltares/fews-web-oc-charts
Sep 2023 - May 2026
Delft-FEWS Web OC Chart component
Contributions:15 releases, 5 reviews, 49 PRs in 2 years 8 months
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