Transitioning from a computational physicist to a software engineer, I've honed a unique blend of theoretical abilities and hands-on expertise. My academic journey culminated with a PhD in astroparticle physics, where I delved into relativistic fluid models tailored for high-performance computing.
Professionally, I am now fully immersed in web3, developing custom smart-contract and backend solutions for a broad range of applications while maintaining a strong focus on security and maintainability and with a passion for complex problems and home espresso making.
Skills
Work experience
- Consulted internally on blockchain related decisions for 15+ projects ensuring their smooth execution
- Developed a modular smart-contract infrastructure with >25k lines of Solidity, handling >2.5k ETH (>$4M) in primary transaction value and generating >13k ETH (>$20M) in secondary revenue
- Implemented Moonbirds in-chain; A low-level optimized, on-chain rendering suite for Moonbirds using compressed image layers deployed with Solidify; achieving <0.5 ETH in deployment costs
- Released Solidify; A golang + solidity library for efficient data storage on EVM blockchains
- Contributed to the broader Ethereum ecosystem by co-authoring EIP-6464 and EIP-7526
- Collaborated with 6+ clients and their teams to define project requirements ensuring a smooth execution
- Delivered custom smart-contract solutions and related backends
- Collaborated with 2+ security auditing firms to identify and rectify vulnerabilities
- Contributed over 8.5k lines of code (~30%) to the open-source library Ethier
- Contributed to 30+ research items including 3 articles as first author, published in high-impact journals
- Developed numerical methods for HPC infrastructure with parallel execution on >12k cores
- Received a PRACE project grant for >27M CPUh on the Joliot Curie Rome infrastructure
Projects
Upcoming Ethereum liquid staking protocol operated by Mantle DAO aimed to handle >$1B in assets.
- Co-designed the high-level smart-contract and off-chain service architecture underpinning the protocol
- Implemented various parts (~40%) of the smart-contract infrastructure
- Collaborated with auditors to identify and rectify vulnerabilities
The on-chain generative art platform by artists, for artists.
- Developed the smart-contract infrastructure with 11+ collections launched and >$2M generated in revenue
- Contributed to the backend services handling the dynamic rendering of generative artworks
A generative art project featuring on-chain numerical solution of multi-dimensional differential equations, dynamic image generation and holder participation without any off-chain dependencies.
- Conceptualized and implemented the project independently, generating 160 ETH in revenue
Education
PhD in Computational High-Energy Astroparticle Physics
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria
October 2017 - January 2022
MSc in Computational Physics
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria
October 2015 - October 2017