Stefan Endres
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at Leibniz Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Top SchoolStefan Endres is a research-focused software engineer and scientific staff member at the Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering with a decade of experience at the intersection of computational science and chemical engineering. He develops robust numerical methods for global optimisation, computational homology and phase equilibria, and has made notable open-source contributions to SciPy—adding the SHGO global optimization algorithm and improving the optimization module’s reliability. Trained with a Master’s and Honours in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pretoria, he blends domain knowledge in materials and processes with production-grade scientific software engineering. His background includes academic teaching and participation in hands-on engineering projects like the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition, reflecting a practical, experimental mindset. Based in Bremen, he brings both rigorous research practice and pragmatic coding to collaborative projects that span academia and open-source ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
University of Pretoria
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Github Skills (11)
algorithm10
algorithms10
scipy10
optimisation10
optimizers10
python10
scientific-computing10
optimization10
numpy9
testing8
doctest8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
scipy/scipy
Nov 2018 - Nov 2022
SciPy library main repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 5 commits, 7 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Stefan primarily contributed to the SciPy library by implementing and fixing functionalities within the optimization module. Their work included adding a new global optimization algorithm (`shgo`), fixing import errors, code violations, and addressing test warnings. The user also made changes to documentation and refactored code, showing a focus on improving the library's robustness and usability.
scipypythonscientific-computing
Leibniz-IWT/ddgclib
Sep 2022 - Jun 2026
Discrete differential geometry curvature library
Contributions:3 releases, 1 PR, 36 pushes in 3 years 9 months
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