Biography
Education
- Ph. D. Mathematics, University of Paderborn, Germany, October 2007
- Master Mathematics (minor subject: Physics), Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
- Bachelor Mathematics (minor subject: Physics), Philipps-University Marburg, Germany, September 1993
- High School Martin-Luther-Schule Marburg, Germany, 1991
Academic Experience
- 09/2012 - today: Lecturer for Mathematics, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Engineering and Architecture
- 05/2011 - 08/2012: Postdoc, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn University, Germany
- 01/2010 - 05/2011: Visiting Assistant Professor (Research Assistant Professor), Purdue University, USA
- 09/2008 - 12/2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University, USA
- 09/2003 - 08/2008: Research Assistant, University of Paderborn, Germany
Business Experience
- 07/1999 - 08/2003: Software developer (Smalltalk) and IT-Consultant at ClassWare GmbH, Freiburg (Brsg.), Germany
- 10/2000 - 03/2001: Software developer (Smalltalk) at UBS, Zurich, Switzerland
- 05 - 08/2000: Software developer (C++ and VB) at LexWare GmbH, Freiburg (Brsg.), Germany
- 06/1998 - 06/1999: IT-Consultant and Software developer (SAP) at LITEF GmbH, Freiburg (Brsg.), Germany
Grant/Awards
- DFG (German Research Foundation) research fellowship SCHE 1639/1-1 (09/2008 - 02/2010)
- 3rd price on the first level of the math competition of Germany, 1991
- Champion on school and county level in the mathematics competition of the state government of Hessen, 1985/86
Research Interests
Computational Algebra, Geometry, and Topology, Algebraic and Classical Complexity Theory, Data Analysis, and Machine Learning