Anna Lührs

Anna Lührs started to work at the JSC in 2008 as apprentice (Mathematisch-Technische Softwareentwicklerin MaTSE / Mathematical Technical Software Developer) in the dual studies programme Scientific Programming (FH Aachen). After successfully finishing both, apprenticeship and Bachelor studies, in 2011, she stayed with a part-time position at the JSC in parallel to her master studies in Technomathematik/Technomathematics (FH Aachen), which she finished with honors in 2013. For her master thesis she developed an image segmentation algorithm for Polarized Light Imaging brain data in collaboration with the INM-1. Afterwards she joined the (former) division HPC in Neuroscience, for which she also acted as deputy lead, first as reserach associate. In 2014 she shifted her focus towards project management, research coordination and science communication for her division and the Human Brain Project, an EU-funded project with more than 100 project partners and a total duration of 10 years. Anna now works in and is deputy lead of the Office for (Inter)national Coordination and Networking at the JSC. She is co-founder and member of the orga team of "Jülich Women in High Performance Computing" (JuWinHPC), the local chapter of the international organisation "Women in HPC".