Topics

  • Acquisition and analysis of PV field data of common and new technologies
  • Data Science based analysis of PV data
  • Energy system integration, energy system design

Career

since Sept. 2017
Group leader Outdoor Performance, PVcomB

2014 - 2017
Test manager, responsible for diagnostics, function owner in advanced driver assistant system series development, Carmeq GmbH, Berlin (Volkswagen subsidiary)

2009-2014
Scientist in groups Solar Cell and Module Characterization und Device Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich 

2012-2013
Visiting scientist in PV Module Reliability Test and Evaluation Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA (NREL) 

2007-2009
Scientist in group Photovoltaics, Institute of Physical Electronics, University of Stuttgart 

2005-2007
Scientist in group Soil Physics, Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg

Education

2011
Dissertation at RWTH Aachen, title of thesis: ‘Spectral and Directional Dependence of Light- Trapping in Solar Cells’, carried out at Forschungszentrum Jülich

2005
Diploma in Physics, diploma thesis at Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, ‘Monitoring Field Tracer Experiment with Ground Penetrating Radar and Time Domain Reflectometry’

2004
IASTE exchange in quantum electronics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2001-2002
ERASMUS exchange, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal

2001
Vordiplom in Physics, University of Freiburg

Miscellaneous

2019
Systemic Coach, trained at German Society of Positive Psychology, Berlin
Trainer for Positive Psychology (education ongoing)