- E-Mail: Jens.Dobberthin@mfn.berlin
- Tel: +49 30 889140 - 8397
- Fax: +49 30 889140 - 8559
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Museum für Naturkunde
Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
Invalidenstraße 43
10115 Berlin
Deutschland
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As a team (together with Jasper Funk-Smit and Alexander Buhl) we research and develop multimedia software systems that make the (digital) collections of the museum accessible. In addition, I manage the multimedia application lab "Mediasphere For Nature" together with Tina Schneider, which works in close cooperation with industry on innovative ideas and solutions for the re-use of our digital media.
Before working at the museum, I worked as a software developer in the logistics industry and as a research assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization IAO.
Education
- Diplom-Informatiker (FH) (HTWK Leipzig) with focus on software development and media design
- MA Projektmangement und Engineering (TU Dresden) with focus on team development, organisational development and innovation management
- Máster in Technology and Privacy (Universitat de Girona)
- Professional Certificate in Practical Statistics (The Open University), 60 ECTS
Advanced training (selected)
- Training to become a moderator (ILS/EURO-FH)
- Heidelberg trainer training with a focus on design thinking, innovation and creativity (Akademie für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Heidelberg e.V.)
Projects (selected)
- Naturkunde 365/24 - "Ein Multimediales Applikationslabor des Berliner Naturkundemuseums" - EFRE (completed)
Workshops (selected)
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Gestaltungsmaschine Künstliche Intelligenz trifft Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft (2019) - Workshop host and source of inspiration
Supervised student projects and theses, internships (selection):
- Data modeling and information visualization of manuscripts – from transcript to interactive application (using Sellow's field trip reports as an example)
- Interactive storytelling using the Valdivia expedition as an example
Publications (selected)
- Dobberthin, J., Schneider, T., Funk-Smit, J. (2026). Transformation eines Waldmistkäfers – vom naturwissenschaftlichen Sammlungsobjekt zum multimedialen, hybriden, interaktiven und barrierefreien Erlebnis. (to be published)
- Dobberthin, J., Funk-Smit, J., & Buhl, A. (2025). Suchen und Finden von taxonomischen Daten in digitalen Katalogen naturhistorischer Sammlungen: Werkzeuge und Strategien. 5th conference for Research Software Engineering in Germany (deRSE25), Karlsruhe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14998764
- Tata, N.; Schneider, T.; Dobberthin, J.; Hoffmann, A.; Hoffmann, J. (2020). Mediasphere For Nature – Das Applikationslabor für digitale Medien am Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
- Dobberthin, J. & Wu, J., (2015). The death of a genre: self-driving cars and car racing video games. In: Diefenbach, S., Henze, N. & Pielot, M. (Hrsg.), Mensch und Computer 2015 – Proceedings. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. (S. 451-453).