Professional Experience
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2021-now: Senior Data Scientist, Glassnode
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2019-2021: PostDoc, FAU
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2014-2019: Research Scientist and Lecturer, FAU
Higher Education
Areas of expertise
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Bitcoin protocol and wider ecosystem
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On-chain data and analysis
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Scalability (GCP, BigQuery, Kubernetes, Parallel Computing)
Skills
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Python: Jupyter, pandas, SciPi, NumPy, Matplotlib, Plotly
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Bitcoin Core: API, ZeroMQ, Mempool, internal data structures
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Bitcoin protocol: specifications, transaction-output types, SegWit, Schnorr/Taproot
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Lightning: lnd API, LN graph analysis
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GCP: BigQuery, Dataproc, Kubernetes, Argo, Docker
Grants, Honors & Awards
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2019 Honorable mention in the SPEC Kaivalya Dixit Distinguished Dissertation Award
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2019 ETI grant from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
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2019 PhD awarded with honors (summa cum laude)
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2018 Gauss Award for best technical paper at the 33rd International Supercomputing Conference
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2014 Master of science awarded with honors
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2014 Master thesis honored by Gesellschaft für Informatik
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2013-2014 Germany stipend
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2012-2013 Germany stipend
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2012 Bachelor thesis honored by Gesellschaft für Informatik
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2011 Oksar-Karl-Forster stipend