Meet the Team
We are a multidisciplinary team from across FZJ, bringing together our skills, knowledge and passion to support Research Software Engineering and Research Software Engineers from all disciplines and all career levels.
For all enquiries or just not sure who to contact first, you can email the team via Claire Wyatt, the FZJ Community Manager for Research Software Engineering.
Community Management
Claire is the Community Manager for Research Software Engineering and is working to create a community for everyone whose role involves Research Software Engineering at FZJ. She also works with the Helmholtz Platform for Research Software Engineering to deliver an online RSE themed seminar series, open to all to attend. (HiRSE_PS).
Contact:
Claire Wyatt
cl.wyatt@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-3879
RSE Support
Dirk's expertise lies with scaling HPC codes and analysing their performance, with a focus on established codes and programming approaches. He combines this with modern RSE techniques, extending existing projects thus helping to maintain those.
Contact:
Dr. Dirk Brömmel
d.broemmel@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-6595
RSE Support
Jakob works as a Research Software Engineer focussing on the development and usage of Continuous Integration workflows. He furthermore develops tools that support the development of high quality research software following good practices.
Contact:
Jakob Fritz
j.fritz@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-1493
RSE Support and Training
Lupe's background is in large astrophysics simulation codes, including development and bringing insight to users of diverse academic contexts. She has experience with RSE methods that produce more sustainable software for advancing research and is eager to collaborate with others in the FZJ community.
Contact:
Dr. Lupe (Guadalupe) Barrios Sazo
m.barrios.sazo@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-85755
RSE advocacy
Robert leads the Division “Mathematics and Education” at JSC and is one of JSC's deputy directors. He's passionate about writing research software and advocates the use of modern RSE techniques to students, researchers, decision makers and funders. As part of JuRSE, he campaigns across campus for the adoption of good research software skills and outputs.
Contact:
Dr. Robert Speck
r.speck@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-1644
Legal aspects, copyright, contribution license agreement
Working in the legal department of FZJ since March 2020 with focus on software licences in contracts and consulting, as well as Export Control and as departmental ITB.
Contact:
Alexander Storm
a.storm@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-85734
Research Management - Digital Change
We support methodological, organizational, and cultural transformation processes in research towards digital and open science. We coordinate the development of solutions to challenges in the areas of open science, data sciences, data management and software engineering.
Contact:
Dr. Dorit Jerger
d.jerger@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-9003
Research Management - Digital Change
We support methodological, organizational, and cultural transformation processes in research towards digital and open science. We coordinate the development of solutions to challenges in the areas of open science, data sciences, data management and software engineering.
Contact:
Dr. Sven Rank
s.rank@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-85210
Innovation Management - Software Licensing Team
At Innovation Management, we help with issues relating to licensing: proprietary as well as open source. We jointly negotiate proprietary software licensing agreements with third parties. Moreover, we offer insights on different licensing models and how to publish software as open-source. To explore your options and receive expert guidance, feel free to contact us for an advisory session or specific questions.
Contact:
Dr. Dennis Oliveira
d.oliveira@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-96831
Innovation Management - Software Licensing Team
At Innovation Management, we help with issues relating to licensing: proprietary as well as open source. We jointly negotiate proprietary software licensing agreements with third parties. Moreover, we offer insights on different licensing models and how to publish software as open-source. To explore your options and receive expert guidance, feel free to contact us for an advisory session or specific questions.
Contact:
Dr. Ute Schelhaas
u.schelhaas@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-9007
FAIR4RS, publication, citation, reproducibility, metadata
Oliver is a research software engineer working on solutions for managing, publishing and archiving research data and research software. His mission is to bring these two worlds together to promote open science and reproducibility.
Contact:
Oliver Bertuch
o.bertuch@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461 61-85370
Open Source and Open Science
Adina is a neuroscientist, RSE, and scientific coordinator working at the intersection of research software engineering and research data management. Open source, open science, and reproducibility are her passions.
Contact:
Adina Wagner
a.wagner@fz-juelich.de
Phone: +49 2461/61-4498