Zuhra Sofyan
Research Associate PhD Candidate
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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Top SchoolZuhra Sofyan is a research associate and PhD candidate at the Hasso Plattner Institute with 11 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning research, web development, geospatial systems, and education. She holds a Master’s in Media Informatics from RWTH Aachen and blends design thinking with full‑stack JavaScript skills to build human-centered data and learning tools. Zuhra has led projects from civic media platforms and literacy non-profits to municipal GIS systems, pairing technical delivery (NodeJS, Leaflet, PostGIS) with community-focused impact. As an educator and former humanitarian worker, she brings a rare mix of classroom pedagogy and field-tested user research to technology development. Based in Potsdam and a self-described nomad developer, she’s driven by a mission to democratize education and often applies creative engineering approaches to make data accessible across contexts.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)Design Thinking Wayfinder – Self- and Leadership Development, Design Thinking Wayfinder – Self- and Leadership Development at Hasso Plattner InstituteMaster's degree, Media Informatics, Master's degree, Media Informatics at RWTH Aachen UniversityDesign Thinking Basic Track, Design Thinking Basic Track at HPI School of Design Thinking
Indonesian, English, German, acehnese, javanese
Github Skills (93)
certification10
javascript10
nodejs10
css10
codebase10
math10
react10
markdown9
directive9
cli9
shell9
python9
tla9
interaction9
exchange8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
zuhrasofyan/sails-passport
Dec 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:1 release, 33 commits, 31 pushes in 1 year 9 months
zuhrasofyan/bappeda_rest_api
Dec 2016 - Aug 2019
Bappeda kota Banda Aceh REST API based on sails-passport repo
Contributions:4 PRs, 90 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 8 months
apinodejsrestrest-apipassport
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