Biomechanics, Biomimetics and Bioinspirated Structures
Soft Robotics
Active Metamaterials
Structural Mechanics for thin-walled and slender structures
Contact Mechanics
Modeling of the Musculoskeletal System
Curriculum Vitae
seit 05/2024
Research associate (postdoc) at the Chair of Structural Analysis, Technical University of Munich directed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger
seit 07/2023
Associate of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
04/2024 – 06/2024
Postdoctoral fellow in the Bertoldi Lab at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University directed by Prof. Katia Bertoldi
01/2021 – 04/2024
Research associate (postdoc) at the Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technical University of Munich directed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang A. Wall
01/2015 – 12/2020
Research associate at the Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart directed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Manfred Bischoff
04/2014 – 07/2014
Research assistant at the Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart
11/2012 – 12/2013
Working student in structural engineering at Werner Sobek AG, Stuttgart
01/2012 – 05/2012
Study abroad in the ERASMUS-Program, École Spéciale des Travaux Public, du Batiment et de l’Industrie (ESTP) in Cachan, France
10/2011 – 10/2014
M. Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Stuttgart (Master thesis: „Isogeometric Contact Analysis of Thin-Walled Structures“)
09/2011 – 12/2011
Intern in structural engineering at Foster + Partners, London, UK
02/2011 – 08/2011
Research assistant at the Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart
05/2009 – 12/2010
Working student in structural engineering at Werner Sobek AG, Stuttgart
10/2008 – 09/2011
B. Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Stuttgart (Bachelor thesis: „An Elementary School Pavilion for Magagula in South Africa – Structural Analysis“)
07/2008
Abitur, Hegel-Gymnasium, Stuttgart
Teaching
Advanced Finite Element Methods, Technical University of Munich
Theory of Plates, Technical University of Munich
Numerical Methods for Engineers, Technical University of Munich
Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics, Technical University of Munich
Nonlinear Finite Element Methods (selected chapters), Technical University of Munich
Baustatik und Baudynamik I (Structural statics and dynamics I), University of Stuttgart
Baustatik und Baudynamik II (Structural statics and dynamics II), University of Stuttgart
Nichtlineare finite Elemente (Nonlinear finite elements), University of Stuttgart
Grants and Awards
10/2023
Appointment as TUM Researcher within CareerDesign@TUM
08/2023
Admission into the Freiburg Rising Stars Academy
07/2022
Publication Award 2020 of the Faculty 2 (Civil and Environmental Engineering) of the University of Stuttgart for the publication “Snapping Mechanics of the Venus flytrap” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
06/2022
Bertha Benz Prize 2022 of the Daimler and Benz Foundation
03/2022 – 12/2024
Klaus Tschira Boost Fund Fellowship for excellent researchers with flexible funding of 80,000 € for an independent, high-risk, interdisciplinary project in an early career stage
11/2021
3rd place of the Dr. Wilhelmy-VDI Award
07/2021
Award of the Friends of the University of Stuttgart for special scientific achievements in the dissertation
01/2020 – 12/2022
GAMM Juniors Fellowship of the Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) for excellent junior scientists – limited to three years
09/2017
3rd place at the AVK-Prize for Innovations 2017 for the submission of “Flectofold – ein bionisches, gelenkloses Verschattungssystem” (translated: Flectofold – a biomimetic, hingeless shading system)
10/2014
Emil Mörsch Study Award for exceptional academic achievements
10/2013 – 09/2014
Scholarship of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Deutschlandstipendium) for talented and high-performing students
10/2009 – 09/2011
Exemption from tuition fees for outstanding academic achievements (for the top 5% of students in the academic year)
10/2008 – 09/2009
Exemption from tuition fees due to well above-average aptitude (for the top 5% of students in the academic year)
