Short vita

1999 - 2005

Studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich
Academic year at McGill University, Montreal/Canada
Diploma thesis at the Center for advanced Wood Processing at UBC, Vancouver/Canada (VDI Prize)

2005 - 2012

University assistant at the Chair of Timber Construction and Building Design (Prof. S. Winter, Prof. H. Kreuzinger)
Focus of research on long-span timber structures, e.g. the robustness of timber structures and the investigation and evaluation of damage to existing timber structures. Further concentration on the reinforcement of beams under high shear and transverse tensile stress as well as possible monitoring strategies
Dissertation "Use and calculation of shear reinforcements for glulam components"

2012 - 2020

Team leader "Timber Construction" at the Chair of Timber Construction and Building Design
Supervision of approx. 10 scientists
Project management of 11 research projects (approx. € 3 million)
Co-supervisor, reviewer or mentor for 11 dissertations

2020 - 2021

University professorship for timber construction at the University of Innsbruck
12 employees
Supervisor, co-supervisor, reviewer or mentor for 11 dissertations

October 2021

University Professorship for Timber Construction and Building Design at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Functions

INTER (Chairman), COST (Chairman FP1402), RILEM (Co-Chairman RTE-245)
CEN (Chairman TC 250/SC 5/WG 7 "Reinforcements"), DIN (member of mirror committees "Eurocode 0" and "Eurocode 5"), DIBt (expert in SVA "Timber Construction").