CV

Professional Experience:

• University of the Bundeswehr Munich (09/2020 - Present)
  • Head of Laboratory
  • Data Science & Computing Lab
• University of the Bundeswehr Munich (07/2018 - 08/2020)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer
  • Institute for Mathematics and Computer-based Simulation
• Sandia National Laboratories (03/2017 - 05/2018)
  • Postdoctoral Appointee
  • Quantitative Modeling & Analysis, Livermore, CA
• Technical University of Munich (10/2010 - 12/2016)
  • Resarch & Teaching Associate
  • Mechanics & High Performance Computing Group
• Sandia National Laboratories (09/2015)
  • Visiting Researcher
  • Computer Science Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
• Duke University (4/2010 - 9/2010)
  • Visiting Student Researcher
  • Duke Computational Mechanics Lab (Prof. John E. Dolbow, Prof. Tod. A. Laursen)

Education

• Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Oct. 2010 - Dec. 2016)

  Doctorate degree (Dr.-Ing.) in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Computational Mechanics and High Performance Computing

  • Thesis: A Monolithic Solver for Fluid-Structure Interaction with Adaptive Time Stepping and a Hybrid Preconditioner
  • Advisors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael W. Gee, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang A. Wall

• Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Oct. 2006 - Sept. 2010)

  Diploma (Master’s) degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Computational Solid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, and Product Development

  • Thesis: Different Sliding Laws on Embedded Interfaces using Lagrange Multipliers, Penalty Method and Nitsche’s Method (carried out at Duke University, Durham, NC, with Prof. John E. Dolbow, Prof. Tod A. Laursen)
  • Final examination: grade 1.3 (GPA 3.7/4.0), ranked no. 8 out of 400
  • Intermediate examination: grade 1.8 (GPA 3.2/4.0), ranked no. 12 out of 1079

Honors & Awards

• Robert J. Melosh Medal 2017, Award for Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis entitled “A Finite-Element-Based Monolithic Solver for Fluid-Structure Interaction with a Novel Hybrid Schwarz Preconditioner”, International competition based on extended abstracts and oral presentations, Duke University, Durham, NC, April 2017
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erich Mueller Foundation, Scholarship for research visit to Duke University, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, May 2010 - Sept. 2010
• Scholarship, awarded to excellent students in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, MAN Truck & Bus Company, Jan. 2010 - Sept. 2010
• Rudolf-Diesel-Award, Award by Technical University of Munich and AMIV e.V. for Best Student Project in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, July 2009
• Max Weber-Program, Full academic scholarship funded by the State of Bavaria, awarded to the best 1% of all 250.000 students in Bavaria, Technical University of Munich, Nov. 2008 - Sept. 2010
• Bayerische EliteAkademie, Full scholarship, awarded to the best 32 students of all 250.000 students in Bavaria, Technical University of Munich, March 2008 - Oct. 2010