Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIDeputy Head Competence Center Emerging Technologies and Head of Business Unit Industrial Technologies
Studies of Physics at the Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Nuremberg-Erlangen and at the Univerity of Cantabria, Santander (Spain) 1996–2001. Diploma in Physics (2001).
Research Assistent and PhD at the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) of the Research Center Karlsruhe (FZK) and at the University of Karlsruhe. Thesis on “Co-tunneling Current and Shot Noise in Molecules and Quantum Dots“ 2002–2005. Doctoral degree in Physics (2005).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and at the University of Karlsruhe 2005–2006.
Patent Engineer in the Field of Intellectual Property at the Firm Dr. Gassner & Partner, Patent Attorneys, Erlangen 2006–2007.
Since 2007: Researcher and project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI. Coordination of Nanotechnology activities at Fraunhofer ISI. Since 2009 representative of Fraunhofer ISI in the Fraunhofer Alliance Nanotech (FNT). Since 2012 representative of Fraunhofer ISI in the Fraunhofer Alliance Batteries. Since 2015 member of the working group 2.2 batterie technology of the National Platform Electric Mobility (NPE).
Since 2010 Deputy Head of the Competence Center Emerging Technologies, since 2016 Head of Business Unit Industrial Technologies.