- several awards during youth research contests (Jugend Forscht) for research with PEM fuel cells
- studied physics at RWTH Aachen and UWA, Perth
- majored in solid state phyics, optics and lasertechnology
- diploma in lasertechnology at RWTH Aachen and Fraunhofer Institute for Lasertechnology
- PhD student at Fraunhofer ISE “applications of laser ablation on crystalline silicon solar cells”
- head of group for laser processing technology at Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg
