Background

• Jan 2010-current Research staff member, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory, HRL Laboratories, Malibu, CA, USA

• Jan 2009-Dec 2009 Post-doctoral research fellow, Brain-Body Dynamics Lab, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA

• Jan 2007-Dec 2008 Post-doctoral research fellow, Computational Learning & Motor Control Lab, Computer Science, University of Southern California, USA, supported by German Research Foundation (DFG)

• Feb 2006-Dec 2006 Post-doctoral research fellow, IPAB, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK

• Dec 2004 PhD in machine learning and cognitive robotics (grade: summa cum laude), Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Germany

• 2001-2005 Research fellow, Cognitive Robotics group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich, Germany

• Feb 2001-Aug 2001 Research assistant, Gravity Wave group, Dept. of Physics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

• Nov 2000 Diploma (MSc) in physics, Heidelberg University

• 1998-1999 Exchange student (courses in physics, maths, neuroscience, and acting), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

• 1997-2000 Student of physics, Heidelberg University, Germany

• 1996-1997 Student of physics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

• Mar 1976 born in Schramberg, Black Forest, Germany