CV

Education

2008 – 2012 Kiel University | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Department of Computer Science , Junior Research group: Algorithmic Optimal Control
Dr. rer. nat. (magna cum laude)
"Surrogate-Based Optimization for Marine Ecosystem Models"
2002 – 2007 Leibniz University Hanover, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Diploma in Physics (with distinction)
"Data Analysis in Gravitational Wave Physics" (Mitteilungen der Astronomischen Gesellschaft 91 (2008), p. 356)
2005 University of La Laguna, Tenerife/Spain
Semester abroad (funded by DAAD)
2001 – 2002 Berliner Hochschule für Technik
University studies in Technical Computer Science
2000 Dreilinden-Gymnasium, Berlin
Abitur



Employment

since 2024 HAW Kiel | Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Professor for cloud technologies and applied computer science
2016 - 2024 DHSH University of Applied Sciences (former: Berufsakademie), Kiel
Dean and professor for business informatics
2013 – 2014
2015 – 2016
d-fine GmbH
Consultant (area: IT, Technology), project assignments in Germany, Italy, France
2014 – 2015 Gymnasium Hochrad, Hamburg
Teacher (mathematics, physics), preparatory service
2014 Different schools, Schleswig-Holstein
Teacher (mathematics, physics)
2012 – 2013 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Germany
Research assistant
2010 – 2013 Engineering Optimization & Modeling Center (EOMC), Department of Engineering, Reykjavik University, Iceland
Cooperation with Prof. Slawomir Koziel, stays of study, guest lectures
2009 McKinsey & Company, Frankfurt, Germany
Business Technology Seminar "BTO Inside"
2008 – 2012 Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean", Kiel University, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Department of Computer Science, Junior Research group: Algorithmic Optimal Control
Research assistant
2008 Leibniz-Institut für Meeresforschung Kiel (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel
Research assistant in the DFG project INTERDYNAMIK, "LOOP Current variability"
2007 California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Pasadena/California
Research stay (in the field of gravitational physics, data analysis)