Focus

Hi there 👋 I'm Chief Technology Officer at Soilytix building intelligent systems for soil understanding and synthetic biology.

I enjoy building software that enables people in their strengths. I want to understand where the AI wave is really taking us. I enjoy mountaineering and the wild. Lover of music.

Please find me on LinkedIn for a more detailed description of my full work experience, education and certification. You can get in touch with me by email at [email protected].

Maurice presenting the Soilytix engineering catch-up at the July 2026 all-hands in Hamburg, gesturing beside a screen reading “Engineering catch-up.”

Ventures

2022 – Present

Soil intelligence company modelling microbiome, chemical, environmental and trial data so seed, breeding and agri-input companies can decide on evidence.

2025 – 2026

Personalised skincare app that analyses skin from a photo and recommends a routine to match.

Collegium Academicum 2015 – 2019

Self-organised, non-profit student housing project in Heidelberg.

Career & Education

2026 – Present Founding CTO Soilytix
2025 – 2026 Founding Engineer peau.ai
2024 – 2026 Founding Engineer Muno
2022 – 2026 Founding Engineer Soilytix
2024 – 2025 Architect Advisor Hummingbird Diagnostics
2020 – 2024 ML Scientist Hummingbird Diagnostics
2019 – 2020 Research Intern AMLab (Max Welling Lab, UvA)
2019 ML Engineer Intern BMW Group
2017 – 2018 Full-stack Web Developer Bürgerwerke eG
2018 – 2020 M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence University of Amsterdam
2014 – 2017 B.Sc. Applied Computer Science Heidelberg University

Research

2026 LOAM: A family of genomic language models trained on long-read soil metagenomes Preprint
2025 Nanopore based RNA methylation profiling of a circulating lung cancer biomarker Communications Medicine
2025 Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease using small RNAs. Results from the EPAD cohort J. Prev. Alzheimer's Dis.
2024 TransfoRNA: Navigating the uncertainties of small RNA annotation with an adaptive machine learning strategy Preprint
2023 Early detection of lung cancer using small RNAs J. Thorac. Oncol.
2020 Problems using deep generative models for probabilistic audio source separation M. Frank, M. Ilse NeurIPS ICBINB Workshop

Selected Software

agent-plugin-templateClaude · Cursor · Codex Canonical marketplace template for Claude, Codex, and Cursor plugins from one repository.
git
aiusageTypeScript · CLI ccusage extended with API billing fetches and report generation.
git npm
ask-mauricePython · Slack Maurice doppelgänger for company Slack responding in voice and knowledge.
git
chrome-time-clockPython · CLI Infer working hoursfrom Chrome history. Retrospective plot.
git pypi
dash-prometheusPython · Dash · Prometheus Prometheus metrics for Plotly Dash callbacks: how often each one runs, and how long it takes.
git pypi
dnaCloudflare Workers · R2 · Genomics A genome unfurling itself exactly once, base by base. Live at 30 bases per second.
web git
notion-slidesCLI Converts Notion-style Markdown into themed PowerPoint decks.
git npm
notion-syncTypeScript · Obsidian · Notion Opinionated two-way sync between opted-in Obsidian notes and one Notion data source.
git release
QLGISSwift · TypeScript · macOS macOS Quick Look previews for PMTiles, GeoTIFF, and GeoJSON.
git release
TerrikusTypeScript · static A playable soil science textbook: one valley, six scales, experiments instead of pages.
web git
typst-studioTypeScript · Obsidian · Typst Edit and preview Typst files in Obsidian, and export Markdown notes to PDF through a Typst template.
git release
wordmarkPython · TUI Live render for terminal ASCII art wordmarks.
git pypi
Websites
Abrazo del migrante Sveltia CMS Promotional site for a Tango group with non-CMS CMS.
web git
AckersyndikatHugo Web presence for a decentralized solidarity network securing land commons for farming.
web git
Collegium AcademicumHugo Website for student housing project in Heidelberg
web git
sarai-keestra.comstatic Sarai Keestra's personal website.
web git

Video, Audio & Photography

Video
The Cats of Istanbul 2023

Visual vignette capturing street cats in Istanbul (Jan 2023). Music: Altın Gün (Kolbastı). Filmed on Pixel 7, edited in DaVinci Resolve.

Eating Hooks 2021

Most likely the first high-quality, non-experimental, zero-visual-input, genAI music video, dating to December 2021.

Audio
Drift October 2026

An endless downtempo set, synthesised live in the browser and wandering through six scales of a valley. Play it from the screen or a Novation Launchpad.

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Down-tempo for 18 musicians October 2023

Another Steve Reich's classic, “Music for 18 musicians” as danceable down-tempo. Live recording, played on a Novation Launchpad.

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ePiano phase April 2023

Steve Reich's “Piano Phase” adapted for electronica and phased synthesizers.

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A waltz October 2022

A gentle chamber waltz composed after watching In the Mood for Love. Scored for Violin, Cello, and Marimba.

sheet music
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Metropolitan mornings March 2023

An evolving sonic soundscape and ambient synthesis exploration.

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A techno February 2024

Just some techno what else does one need to know.

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An orchestral June 2023

Small pick and choose from the symph orchestra.

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A melodic house June 2022

Sounds like a certain DJ named after a type of beer involved with a certain label from a big western German city.

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Photography & Mountains