Stephan Ferenz
Senior Researcher at Electric Energy Storage Systems Group - Leibniz Universität Hannover - IfES EES
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolStephan Ferenz is a senior researcher with eight years of experience dedicated to improving reuse of research data and software to accelerate sustainable energy systems. Based in Hanover, Germany, he combines roles at OFFIS, NFDI4Energy, and academic appointments (Oldenburg and Leibniz Hannover) to bridge applied research, data management, and open science in the energy domain. He leads coordination efforts for NFDI4Energy while driving practical research data and software management solutions that make energy research more reproducible and interoperable. His background includes international study at Michigan State and an industrial internship at AMD, giving him a rare mix of academic rigor and hands-on engineering perspective. Colleagues value his ability to translate FAIR principles into implementable workflows that support both researchers and software engineers.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Science (M.Sc.) at Leibniz Universität HannoverStudy Abroad, Study Abroad at Michigan State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
German, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (29)
energy10
360-video10
openvx10
django9
extraction9
open-data9
rest-api9
database8
continuous-integration8
onnx8
amdgpu8
optimization6
automation6
opencl6
inference6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sferenz/amdovx-modules
Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:18 PRs, 184 pushes, 36 branches in 1 month
openvxamdamd-openvx
NFDI4Energy/ERSmeta
Feb 2025 - Oct 2025
Metadata schema to describe energy research software
Contributions:3 releases, 5 PRs, 45 pushes in 8 months
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