CV
Professional career
- since July 2015: senior software engineer @ Salt and Pepper Software GmbH & Co. KG / Osnabrück & Head of the department "Virtual Spice"
- January 2015 - June 2015: technology consultant @ Salt and Pepper Nord GmbH & Co. KG / Osnabrück
- May 2014 - December 2014: research assistant @ media-lab / University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
- June 2012 - September 2012: visiting researcher @ Institute for Creative Technologies / University of Southern California, Los Angeles
-> ict.usc.edu - 2011 - 2014: phd-scholar @ Heinrich Böll Stiftung / Berlin
-> www.boell.de - 2007 - 2011: research assistant @ media-lab / University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
-> www.ecs.hs-osnabrueck.de/medienlabor.html - 2006: practical semester @ Dalsa B.V. / Eindhoven, NL
-> www.dalsa.com/sensors - 2002 - 2003: civil service in a hospital @ Paulinenkrankenhaus / Bad Bentheim
- 2000 - 2002: apprenticeship at a lumber trader @ Rötterink Holz GmbH / Bad Bentheim
Higher education
- November 2014: promotion as Dr. rer. nat. at the University of Osnabrück. Doctoral thesis: Using virtual illusions for stroke therapy
- 2009 - 2014: phd-student @ computer science & cognitive science / University of Osnabrück
-> www.inf.uos.de -> www.cogsci.uos.de/phd - October 2007: graduation as Diplom-Informatiker (FH). Diploma thesis: Informatic Didactics with Lego robots
- 2003 - 2007: studies of computer science (media informatics) @ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
-> www.ecs.hs-osnabrueck.de/medieninformatik.html - 2003: studies of electrical engineering @ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
Conferences & Events
- since 2015: gave talks on several business conferences on Virtual Reality Applications in engineering and therapy
- since 2008: several conferences on Virtual Reality (ICVR 2009, 2011 & 2013, ISPR 2011, ICDVRAT 2012, ICEC 2012) and e-Learning (GMW 2008, logOS 2008). Function: attendee, presenter, program committee.
- August 2014: Falling Walls Lab / University of Osnabrück. Function: presenter
-> www.falling-walls.com/lab - March 2013: Interdisciplinary College 2013 / Günne, Möhnesee. Focus theme: Complexity, Wicked Problems and Wisdom. Function: attendee & lecturer
-> www.interdisciplinary-college.de - March 2012: Interdisciplinary College 2012 / Günne, Möhnesee. Focus theme: Emotion and Aesthetics. Function: attendee
-> www.ik2012.de - August 2011: Campus 2011, summer academy of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung / Bad Bevensen. Focus theme: Gerechtigkeit. Function: attendee
- March 2011: Interdisciplinary College 2011 / Günne, Möhnesee. Focus theme: Autonomy, Decisions and Free Will. Function: attendee
-> www.ik2011.de - June 2009: FieldRobotEvent 2009, junior league / Osnabrück. Function: Organizer
- June 2008: FieldRobotEvent 2008, junior league / Osnabrück. Function: Organizer
- April 2008: RoboCup German Open 2008, junior league finals / Hannover. Function: Coach
- March 2008: RoboCup German Open 2008 junior league preliminaries / Nürburgring. Function: Coach
Teaching
- Winter-term 2014: Praktikum "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Methoden" @ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
- Summer-term 2014: Praktikum "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Methoden" @ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
- Summer-term 2013: Praktikum "Fortgeschrittene Programmierung" @ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
- March 2013: Rainbow course "Virtual Rehabilitation" @ Interdisciplinary College in Günne at Lake Möhne
- Summer-term 2012: Software engineering in human-computer interaction @ University of Osnabrück
- February 2010: Mobile Application Development @ Metropolia University / Helsinki, Finland (Erasmus program)
- Summer-term 2009: Praktikum Informatik-Didaktik am Beispiel Lego Mindstorms @ University of Osnabrück
- Summer-term 2009: Neue Medien und Technik @ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
- Winter-term 2008: Neue Medien und Technik @ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
- 2007 - 2011: various workshops on computer science for children using Lego robots
Academic memberships
- 2011 - 2013: delegate of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in the Promovierenden-Initiative PI
-> www.promovierenden-initiative.de - 2011 - 2013: representative in the doctoral students representation promos @ University of Osnabrück (co-chair from 08/2011-02/2012)
-> www.blogs.uos.de/promos - 2011 - 2013: student representative in the commission for (junior-)research FNK @ University of Osnabrück
- 2011 - 2012: doctoral students representative in the council of the graduate school ZePrOs @ University of Osnabrück
-> www.zepros.uos.de - 2010 - 2015: student member in the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation
-> www.isvr.org - since 2008: fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
-> www.gi.de
