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Stephan has a background in Human Movement Sciences and in Data Science. He completed his PhD on Physiological profiles for optimizing sprint and endurance performance in elite athletes at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2018.

After his doctorate, Stephan expanded his competence in Data Science by obtaining a degree in Business Analytics and Data Science and worked as a data scientist in industry to broaden his horizon. Subsequently, Stephan joined the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, where he has helped to set up the National Data & Analytics Platform for Sports and Health including automated integrations with wearables and performed (un)supervised machine learning analyses in elite sports. In 2019, Stephan set up a new master course to teach a data science to Human Movement Scientists and worked as Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit.

Currently, since 2023, he joined the Amsterdam University Medical Center to set up the data infrastructure within the Heart Center, combining various data sources (e.g. EHR EPIC, lab results, pharmacy, ultrasound, ECG, MRI, exercise testing). He also works at the Business Intelligence department to expand the existing Research Data Platform, focuses on the implementation of data standardization techniques for electronic health record data, and facilitates data requests and pipelines for healthcare evaluation or scientific research.