Education and Occupation:
05/2002: Diplom in Mechanical Engineering, specialization in production engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
09/2007: Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
06/2002 – 11/2010: Research associate at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at the RWTH Aachen University, Prof. Fritz Klocke`s Chair of Manufacturing Technology
11/2010 – 10/2012: Postdoc researcher at Prof. David Dornfeld’s Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS) at the University of California Berkeley
11/2012 – 06/2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Davis
04/2015: Habilitation, RWTH Aachen University
07/2018 – 06/2023: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Davis
08/2019 -12/2021, 04 – 06/2022 (sabbatical in Winter Quarter 22): Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Davis
Since 07/2023: Full Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Davis
Honors:
2002: Award for studies from the Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e.V. (VDW)
2009: F.W. Taylor Medal of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
2013: SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Researcher
2016: ASME MED Best Organizer of Symposium and Sessions (BOSS) award
2018: UC Davis College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
2022: UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow Award
Memberships:
02/2008 – 01/2014: Research Affiliate of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
since 12/2011: Member of Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)
since 12/2011: Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
since 11/2012: Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
since 08/2016: Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
