August 2011 - February 2012

University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas, USA) Collaborative research with Professor Don Batory

Since October 2009

Research Associate in the data-base research group in the project ViERforES (Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität für höchste Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit von Eingebetteten Systemen) at the School of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg, Germany   Translation of the project title: Virtual and augmented reality for highest security and reliability in embedded systems.

Awards

November 2010

Research Award 2010 of the Industrie- und Handelskammer Magdeburg for the Master Thesis Empirical Comparison of FOSD Approaches Regarding Program Comprehension - A Feasibility Study

June 2010

Award of METOP GmbH (Affiliated institute of the University of Magdeburg) for best Thesis

October 2009

Faculty Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg, for best graduate in the study course Computer Science 2009   Faculty Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg, for best graduate of the Faculty of Computer Science 2009

Scholarship

September 2011 - February 2012

Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for PhD research studies at the University of Texas, Austin

Education

October 2005 -August 2009

Study of Computer Science at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg Degree: Master degree in computer science, Grade: 1.0 with distinction   Title of Thesis: Empirical Comparison of FOSD Approaches Regarding Program Comprehension - A Feasibility Study

October 2000 - March 2006

Study of Psychology at the Faculty of Natural Science, University of Magdeburg Degree: Master degree in psychology, Grade: 1.7   Title of Thesis: Computerversion des Berliner Intelligenzstrukturtests