Details
Nationality: Dutch
Email: contact@yarmo.eu
Website: https://yarmo.eu
Profile
I'm a 30 year old Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) developer currently working on Keyoxide, a platform for decentralized online identities. I've also finished a PhD project in the field of Neurosciences focused on the neuronal basis of directional hearing. In my free time, I like to tinker with electronics (arduino, raspberry pi) and my homelab (server with networking, storage), play piano, produce music, fiddle with my modular synthesizer, hike and go kayaking.
Experience
Keyoxide: FOSS project lead
Europe
2020-present
Keyoxide aims to be a novel online social identity verification platform based on cryptography.
As a one person project, it is my role to lead the project and set its course, develop the different
libraries in different languages, design and implement the user interfaces and write documentation,
specifications, perform outreach, review contributions from other developers, provide user support
and apply for funding.
PhD in Fundamental Auditory Research
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015-2019
In this project, we study the relationship between input
and output of individual Medial Superior Olive cells
responsible for the localization of sound. These cells
are among the fastest neurons in the brain, operating with a
temporal resolution high enough to detect sub-millisecond time differences.
Combining a custom novel auditory stimulus and spectral/circular statistics
analysis tools programmed specifically for this stimulus,
we investigate how dendritic signals interact and generate spikes.
It was my role to lead the project, design the experiments and perform them, analyse the data,
write the results and conclusions and present the findings at conferences in the Netherlands and overseas.
Key achievements:
Improved surgery and longevity of experiments
Designed a novel auditory stimulus and analysis tools
Designed a remote-controlled cell patching system
Set up database & data management workflow
Education
B.Sc. Biology
Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
2010-2013
M.Sc. Neurosciences et
Neuropsychopharmacology
Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
2013-2015
M.Sc. Cellular & Molecular Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013-2015
Extra-curricular courses
Machine Learning - Andrew Ng (Stanford & Coursera)
Expertise
Project management
Programming & automation
Data management & analysis
Scientific reasoning
Hosting online services
Open source/science advocate
Skills
Languages
Dutch+++++
English+++++
French+++++
Portuguese++···
General skills
Communication (writing, posters & presentations)
Playing music with others (band, jams)
Organisational skills
Was part of the organizing committees for the Brain Awareness Week Rotterdam events of 2017 and 2018, both attended by 200+ people. Was part of organizing committees for the ONWAR PhD retreats of 2016 and 2017, both attended by 100+ PhD students.
Scientific skills
In vivo electrophysiology
Histology
Behavioral techniques
Data analysis (Matlab)
Neuron modelling (neuron)
Spectral analysis (Fourier, power)
Circular statistics (vector strength, Rayleigh)
Tech skills
Programming & data analysis
SQL Database management (MySQL, mariaDB)
NoSQL Database management (neo4j)
Version control systems (git, svn)
Website programming (HTML, JS, CSS)
Server side scripting (NodeJS, PHP)
System scripting (Rust)
Automation & workflow design (bash, perl, python)
Arduino/raspberry pi programming (C/python)
Networking (routing, reverse proxy, ssh)
Mesh overlay network (wireguard, tailscale)
Application containerization (docker)
Cloud-based virtual private servers (DigitalOcean, Hetzner)
Contributing to the open-source ecosystem
Artificial intelligence / machine learning
Decentralized & federated web 3.0
Publications
Pregnenolone blocks cannabinoid-induced acute psychotic-like states in mice.
Busquets-Garcia, A., Soria-Gómez, E., Redon, B. et al.
Molecular Psychiatry (2017)
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.4