Team

Dr. Jan Gerken
Head of SILVA since 2010

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Robin Goldmann
Pipeline developer since 2023

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Yeliz Sandikci
Backend Developer since 2024

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Paul Kloss
Fullstack developer since 2025
Dr. Lorenz Reimer
Principal Investigator since 2023

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Prof. Dr. Frank Oliver Glöckner
Advisor, Founder since 2006

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Acknowledgements

Adam Podstawka
Head Infrastructure Engineer since 2022

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Patrick Nguyen
Infrastructure Engineer since 2022

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Dr. Pablo Yarza
Former taxonomic curator since 2008

CEO at BIOINFILE SL

Dr. Jörg Peplies
Advisor, Founder since 2006

CEO of Ribocon

Dr. Christian Quast
Advisor, Founder since 2006

Head of IT at Ribocon

Ralf Westram
ARB maintainer since 1995

Developer at Ribocon

Dr. Maria Chuvochina
Ex-Scientific Lead, Curator Release 144 2025

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Dr. Heike Freese
Curator Release 144 2025

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Dr. Johannes Sikorski
Curator Release 144 2025

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PD Dr. Markus Göker
Curator Release 144 2025

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Former members

  • Alan Beccati
  • Alireza Rezaei Mahdiraji
  • Andreea Ciuprina
  • Christian Quast
  • Elmar Prüße
  • Gerrit Bruns
  • Karin Dietrich
  • Markus Klimmek
  • Maria Chuvochina
  • Martinique Frentrup
  • Pelin Yilmaz
  • Timmy Schweer

Former students

  • Arne Böckmann
  • David Leinhäuser
  • Irena Kuzmanovska
  • Kim Philipp Jablonski
  • Ralph Florent
  • Razvan Panea