Frank Löffler
Digital Research Specialist And Project Lead at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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Top SchoolFrank Löffler is a digital research specialist and project lead with 15 years of experience bridging physics and computer science in higher education. He holds a Dr. rer. nat. from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and has built and led zedif, an interdisciplinary competence center for research software and data management at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Frank combines hands-on research (semantic web technologies, distributed information systems) with strategic consulting, grant writing and teaching, often translating complex scientific needs into sustainable digital infrastructure. His international experience includes long-term research and community leadership at LSU and postdoctoral work in European institutes, giving him a rare blend of academic rigor and practical project delivery. Colleagues rely on him to shepherd cross-disciplinary collaborations and to institutionalize best practices around research software and data.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Physics, Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Physics at Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert-Einstein-Institut)Diplom Physics, Diplom Physics at Friedrich Schiller University JenaVordiplom Physics, Vordiplom Physics at Technische Universität ChemnitzDr. rer. nat. (PhD) Physics, Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Physics at University of Potsdam
English, German
Github Skills (200)
cpp10
matrix10
top-down10
space10
webrtc10
command-line10
mls10
loops10
gtk10
wordnet10
collaboration10
kurento10
signal-processing10
rpg10
sentiment-analysis10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
DE-RSE/infrastructure
Jan 2020 - Mar 2026
information about infrastructure concerning the association
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 3 months
vcenterinfrastructureinfrastructure-managementassociation
DE-RSE/2023_paper-RSE-groups
Jul 2023 - Jul 2026
This repository hosts the draft for a community paper by the de-RSE e.V. community.
Contributions:31 reviews, 40 PRs, 124 pushes in 3 years
rseng
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