CV and academic activities

1985-1992
Studies of electrical engineering (main focus on technical computer science) at RWTH Aachen University (Germany), graduation as Dipl.-Ing.

1991-1992
Diploma thesis at NTH Trondheim (Norway)

1993
Travel scholarship of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft for the conference presentation of the results of the diploma thesis

1993
R&D engineer at Mikroelektronik Anwendungszentrum Hamburg GmbH

1994-1999
Ph.D. student at the Chair of Multimedia Communications at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Girod)

1995
Visiting Researcher with Logitech, Freemont (USA)

1999
Doctorate in electrical engineering at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (summa cum laude)

1999-2011
Senior Specialist and team leader of the research group "Multimedia Technologies" in the research department of Ericsson Eurolab GmbH, Herzogenrath

2001-2003
Chairman, IEEE Signal Processing Chapter Germany

2004-today
Lecturer at RWTH Aachen University

2008
Visiting Research Fellow of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation at the Information Systems Laboratory of Stanford University, Palo Alto (USA)

2008-2011
Member of the Board of the Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum (bmcoforum), Berlin

2009-today
Independent Expert for the EU Commission

2011-today
Professor of Multimedia, Audio and Video Technology at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences

2015
Visiting Professor at Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Windhoek (Namibia)

2016
Visiting Research Professor at Eurecom Research Institute, Sophia-Antipolis (France)

2017-2019
Chairman of the VDE (Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies) Regio Aachen e.V.

2021-today
Member of the senate of FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences

2022-today
Dean of finance of the department