October 2009 - present
PhD Student
Research Group ExpORL,
Department Neurosciences, University of Leuven, Belgium
- PhD project: Envelope enhancement in cochlear implants
- Development of speech envelope enhancement algorithms for
auditory prostheses
- Application of noise reduction algorithms in auditory
prostheses
- Digital audio and speech signal processing
- Network administration
- Guidance of undergraduate and postgraduate projects
October 2008 - March 2009
Audio signal
processing engineer
Fraunhofer Institute for
Integrated Circuits, Audio Department, Erlangen, Germany
- Development of a face tracking application with multiple
videocameras
- Directional audio coding with microphone arrays
- Development of an algorithm to estimate a sound’s direction
of arrival with a microphone array with arbitrary geometry
May 2007 - August 2008
Research and
Teaching Assistant
Institute for
Communication Acoustics, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- Development and supervision of student seminars and
experiments
- Characteristics of an electrodynamic loudspeaker
- Measurement of acoustic impedances with the transfer
function method
- Development and analysis of a network based model of the
cochlea in the frequency domain in Matlab
1998 - October 2009
Musician
Region Dortmund, Germany
- Playing violin in several overregional orchestras
- Member of the piano trio MoVeRa (piano)
- Accompany
music students on the piano at the qualifying examination in University
Dueusseldorf, Folkwang University of the Arts Essen and Technical
University Dortmund
October 2012 - October 2013
Master of Science,
Economics
FernUniversität in
Hagen, Hagen, Germany
- Graduation: 1,8
- Masterthesis (1,0): “Unscented Kalman Filter.” Department
of Economics, Prof. Hermann Singer, FernUniversit ̈at in Hagen, Hagen,
Germany, 2013.
April 2009 - October 2012
Bachelor of Science,
Economics
FernUniversität in
Hagen, Hagen, Germany
- Graduation: 2,1
- Bachelorthesis (1,3): “Extended Kalman Filter.” Department
of Economics, Prof. Hermann Singer, FernUniversit ̈at in Hagen, Hagen,
Germany, 2012.
October 2004 - October 2009
Diplom Engineer,
Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences
Ruhr-University Bochum,
Bochum, Germany
- Graduation: 90%
- Diploma
thesis: “Development and Analysis of Multichannel Noise Reduction
Algorithms for Binaural Hearing Aids.” Institute of Communication
acoustics, Prof. Rainer Martin, Prof. Time
Gerkmann, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 2009.
- Student research project: “Development of a network based
model of the
cochlea in the time domain in Matlab.” Institute of
Communication
acoustics, Prof. Herbert Hudde, Ruhr-University
Bochum, Bochum,
Germany, 2008.
July 2004
Abitur, German university
entrance qualification
Ruhr-Gymnasium Witten,
Witten, Germany