Academic and
Professional Career

since 08/2023
University of Wuppertal
School of Design and Art
Vice Dean
10/2018 — 07/2023
University of Wuppertal
Department of Industrial Design
Department Head
since 05/2016
University of Wuppertal
Department of Industrial Design
Professorship »Interface and User Experience Design« (W2)
10/2014 — 03/2016
Berlin University of the Arts
in collaboration with Telekom Innovation Labs
Post-doc at the Design Research Lab
04/2014 — 09/2014
Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design
Deputy professorship »Interface Design«
for Prof. Frank Jacob
03/2014
Doctoral Thesis
»Encountering the Digital: Representational and Experiential Embodiment in Tangible User Interfaces«
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost
External Reviewer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eva Hornecker
2011 — 03/2014
Berlin University of the Arts
in collaboration with Telekom Innovation Labs
Research Fellow
PhD candidate at the Design Research Lab
2007 — 2010
Technical University of Berlin
in collaboration with Telekom Innovation Labs
Research Fellow
PhD candidate at the Design Research Lab
2005 — 2007
Potsdam University of Applied Sciences
Department of Design
»Design« (Master of Arts)
2002 — 2005
University of Bielefeld
Faculty of Technology
»Media Design« (Bachelor of Science)

Memberships

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
Chaos Computer Club e. V. (CCC)
Mensa in Deutschland e. V. (MinD)
Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre – Fellowship »Innovationen in der digitalen Hochschullehre«

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