Biography

Frederik is currently a doctoral candidate in the Associate Professorship of Coding and Cryptography (Prof. Wachter-Zeh) with the Institute for Communications Engineering, School of Computation, Information and Technology, TUM, Munich, Germany.

Before joining the institute, he was part of a medical technology startup that was funded by the eXist program of the German Ministry of Economic Affairs. From 2017 to 2020, he worked in a management consultancy, advising clients on complex strategic transformations.

Frederik received his M.Sc degree with high distinction (1.0) in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from TUM in 2016. During this time, he spent a semester at the National University of Singapore. He received his B.Sc. also with high distinction (1.0) in Electrical Engineering from Ulm University in 2014. 

Research Interests

Frederik's research interests focus on coding and information theory applied to the area of DNA data storage. In particular, he studies improvements in the synthesis of DNA strands. 

One field is the use of composite DNA as a tool to increase the alphabet size and, therefore, the information density. Instead of synthesizing only one nucleotide in each cycle, mixing several nucleotides and encoding information in the occurring ratio is possible. Therefore, many interesting coding-related challenges arise when the strands are exposed to substitution, deletion, and/or insertion errors. 

Another area in his research is the efficient synthesis for gene expression analysis. He applies coding theoretic concepts to minimize the synthesis time while ensuring all genes are uniquely represented on a testing array.

Teaching Assistant at TUM

• Channel Coding Summer 2024
• Channel Coding Winter 2024/2025

Teaching Assistant at Ulm University

• Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I
• Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering II
• Signals and Systems