Work Experience

• [Summer 2024] - Visiting Scientist (3 months) - Marine Autonomy Lab
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
• [2023 - present] - Senior Scientist / Group Lead - Environmental Robotics
  • Munich Institute for Robotics and System Intelligence (MIRMI), TU Munich
• [2021 - 2022] - PostDoc / Group Lead Underwater Robotics
  • Institute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering, TU Hamburg
• [2016 - 2021] - Research Associate
  • Institute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering, TU Hamburg

Industry Research Internships

• AUDI AG - Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
• Lufthansa - Technik AG Innovation Management

Education

• PhD degree in Robotics and Control
  • Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
  • Title: Learning, localization, and control of hydrobatic micro underwater robots for autonomous field exploration in confined environments
• MBA degree in Technology Management
  • Northern Institute of Technology Management, Hamburg, Germany
• M.Sc. degree in Theoretical Mechanical Engineering
  • Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
• Visiting Scholar at University of California Berkeley, CA, USA (10 months)
• B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • Hamburg University of Technology, Germany