Curriculum Vitae
Researcher at the Professorship for Open-Source Software at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), specializing in microservices integration and data engineering for open
data.
For information on my projects as part of my professional experience, see here.
To get an overview of my research, start looking here.
Education
Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.), Computer Science
2025 at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Faculty of Engineering
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science
2019 at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Faculty of Engineering
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Multimedia
2017 at University of Augsburg (UNA), Faculty of Applied Computer Science
Experience
Researcher at Professorship for Open-Source Software
2019 to present at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
- Research on the integration of microservices
- Supervision and development of the JValue research project
- Teaching and mentoring of students (class exercises in ADAP, AMOS, AMSE, projects, seminars, theses)
- Creation of the MADE course
- Support in acquisition and management of research funding (DFG, Softwarecampus, ZIM-KOOP)
- Administration of the IT infrastructure (ProxMox, Docker, Kubernetes)
Software Campus 2.0
2021 to 2022Participant in the Software Campus 2.0 program, receiving IT leadership training and mentoring.
Service Contract, Student Employee, and Master Thesis
2018 to 2019 at Professorship for Open-Source Software (FAU)
- Authentication setup for the QDAcity research project (Oauth2, OIDC)
- Software engineering in the JValue research project
- Master thesis: "Migrating the JValue ODS to Microservices" - received ASQF award
Student Employee at ISO Software Systeme
2017Web-client development for Siemens SPS programming language STEP 7 GRAPH.
Internship and Bachelor Thesis at XITASO GmbH
2016
- Internship as a member of a Scrum team (Industry 4.0)
- Bachelor thesis: "Model-Based Testing in the Scrum Process"
Student Assistant at Teaching Professorship for Computer Science
2014 to 2015 at University of Augsburg (UNA)Tutor for programming lectures. Supervision of applied programming courses.
Awards and Certifications
- ASQF award for master thesis "Migrating the JValue ODS to Microservices" (2019)
- Software Campus 2.0 - IT Leadership Training Program (2021-2022)
- 2nd place at Bavaria-wide Demo Day of Z.DB Innovation Lab 2018 for Smart Door Sign project
- ISTQB Foundation Level Tester Certification (2017)
Skills
- Microservices Architecture
- System-Administration (ProxMox, Docker, Kubernetes)
- Full-stack Software Engineering
- Domain-Specific Languages
- Cross-platform App Development
- Open-Source Software and Licenses
- Research Project Management
- Research Funding Acquisition
- Teaching & Mentoring
- Scrum / Agile