Education

• Diploma in Marine Engineering in Flensburg
• Master of Science Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at TUHH Hamburg 
• Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) in mechanical engineering on energy system integration of fuel cells and batteries in marine systems

Professional activities and working fields

• Ship mechanic training on large container ships, two-stroke diesel engine operations, marine and nautical engineering, watchkeeping
• Scientific associate at TUHH with research stay at University Aalborg Energy Department (DK); experimental work on methanol reformation for high-temperature PEM including testrig build, gas chromatography and system simulation methods
• Project Engineer at DLR- Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at the Department Energy Systems Integration in Hamburg
• Group leader “Fundamentals of Electrochemical Systems” of the department Energy Systems Integration
  • Coordination of Fuel Cell Laboratory work on operational strategies for aircraft PEM fuel cell systems and powertrains:
    • Cold storage and freeze start procedures
    • Performance increase
    • Systems Engineering for fuel cell powertrains in UAV, UAM, CS23, CS25 applications
    • Demonstrator build-up
    • Fuel cell operations under critical environmental conditions, thermal management issues and dynamic behaviour
    • Data driven state of health monitoring for PEM fuel cell stacks
  • Coordination of in-house software development
    • Tools for design, sizing and optimal parameter prediction of aircraft fuel cell systems and thermal system aircraft interaction