Current projects

The Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI)
since Aug 2023 (on contracts) Aug 2016-Jul 2023 (NSF-funded)
CI CoE: SGX3 - A Center of Excellence to Extend Access, Expand the Community, and Exemplify Good Practices for CI Through Science Gateways
Sep 2022-Aug 2027
To strengthen the professional network of research software engineers in the United States
May 2023-Jan 2026
Understanding AI Impacts on Research Software Engineering (RSE)
Jul 2025-Feb 2026
National Model for Long-Term Support of High-Potential Kids in Unstable Housing, 4 Foundations Division
since 2020

Previous projects

2023 - present

Executive Director in the US Research Software Engineers Association (US-RSE)

Senior Researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center

2021 - 2023

Scientific Outreach and DEI Lead at the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI)

University of Illinois Chicago, IL, US
Collaborative Research: EAGER: Characterizing Research Software from NSF Awards
Aug 2022-July 2024
The US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI)
Aug 2022-July 2024
Evaluation of HUBzero® as a Platform to Service a Diverse Set of Scientific Communities
Jul 2017-Oct 2023
Wastewater Epidemiology
Jul 2022-Oct 2023
International partnerships for accelerating climate-ready, sustainable, and clean urban transportation
Jan 2023-Oct 2023
VisDict - Visual Dictionaries for Enhancing the Communication between Domain Scientists and Scientific Workflow Providers
May 2021-Oct 2023
Sustainable software for sustainable manufacturing: developing and training of open-source, high-performance computing simulation tools for additive manufacturing
Jun 2022-Aug 2023
CyberTraining: Pilot: A Professional Development and Certification Program for Cyberinfrastructure Facilitators
Sept 2021-Aug 2023
Coordinating Curricula and User Preferences to Maximize the Participation of Women and Students of Color in Engineering
Oct 2018-Sep 2022
2019 - 2021

Associate Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Computational Scientist at the Center for Research Computing

University of Notre Dame, US
ICTBioMed
2014-2021
II-New: Infrastructure for Supporting Biomedical Application Algorithms, Runtime Development and Resource Management
Aug 2016-Jul 2019
Conceptualizing a US Research Software Sustainability Institute
Dec 2017-Jun 2021
Tools and RESTful Services to Improve Preservation and Re-use of Research Data & Software
Jul 2018 -Jun 2021
2014 - 2019

Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Computational Scientist at the Center for Research Computing

University of Notre Dame, US
http://chipset-cost.eu/
April 2015-April 2019
Planning a Research Data & Software Preservation Quality Tool
Nov 2016-Oct 2018
MoSGrid science gateway
2009-2018
Web-based workflow editor
DASPOS
2013 - 2014

Research Programmer at the Center for Research Computing

University of Notre Dame, US
VecNet
VectorBase
2013

Research Associate in the Edinburgh Data-Intensive Group

University of Edinburgh, UK
Design of a generic workflow editor
2011 - 2013

Freelancer

Tübingen, Germany
TYPO3 web pages in collaboration with PCI Services
Social networking portal in collaboration with Kult Software UG
SEO in collaboration with Baumeister-Webdesign
2006 - 2011

Research Associate in the Applied Bioinformatics Group and at ZDV

University of Tübingen, Germany
Project MoSGrid (Molecular Simulation Grid)
Project bwGRiD (Baden-Württemberg Grid)
2004 - 2006

Head of the group "Application systems" at LVM Versicherungen

Münster, Germany
Project "Infrastructure for web-based applications"
Project "Authentication via smartcards"
Project "Migration of Lotus Notes"
2000 - 2004

System programmer at LVM Versicherungen

Münster, Germany
Project "Integration of 'GDV-Schadennetz' with MQSeries"
Project "Migration from SAP R/2 to SAP R/3"
2001

Administrator and programmer at Intergest North America

New York, US
Project "Implementing a Call Accounting Software with Visual Basic"
Project "Training InterGest staff on the use of SAP R/3 BC"
1996-2000

Application programmer at LVM Versicherungen

Münster, Germany
Project "Design and implementation of a new accident insurance dialog"
Project "Design and implementation of an automatic request processing"
1994 - 1996

Administrator and programmer at PARADOR

Coesfeld, Germany
Project "Configuration and installation of the network infrastructure"