About

I studied computer science at the University of Bonn and received my Ph.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Bremen in 2012 with the dissertation New Geometric Data Structures for Collision Detection, later published as a Springer monograph in the Series on Touch and Haptic Systems. The thesis received the EuroHaptics Ph.D. Award 2013.

Since 2005 I have been working with Prof. Gabriel Zachmann, first at Clausthal University of Technology and since 2012 at the Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Research Lab (CGVR) in Bremen. Besides research I teach courses in computer graphics, virtual reality and physically-based simulation, supervise theses, and co-develop simulators together with partners in medicine, aerospace and industry.

Google Scholar dblp CGVR Lab GitHub

Research interests

Collision detectionGeometric data structuresHaptic renderingPhysically-based simulationSphere packingsVirtual & extended realityMedical simulationNatural interactionMassively parallel algorithmsSpace robotics simulation

Curriculum vitae

since 2012: Senior Researcher, Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Research Lab, University of Bremen — Prof. Dr. Gabriel Zachmann
VaMEx: Overall coordinator of the VaMEx initiative (Valles Marineris Explorer): autonomous, heterogeneous robot swarms for Mars exploration, funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
2012: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Bremen (summa cum laude). Advisor: Prof. Dr. Gabriel Zachmann, co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Weber
2005 – 2012: Research assistant, Computer Graphics Group, Clausthal University of Technology
1999 – 2005: Diploma in Computer Science, University of Bonn (final grade: excellent)
2000 – 2004: Student research assistant, University of Bonn — Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics (Prof. Korte) and Computer Graphics (Prof. Klein)

Service

Program co-chair GI VR/AR 2014; guest editor Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting (2015); workshop organizer at IEEE World Haptics 2017
Reviewer for ACM TOG, Computers & Graphics, SIGGRAPH, Eurographics, IEEE VR, IROS, VRST, CGI, ICAT-EGVE, EuroVR, WSCG and others
Session chair at ICAT/EGVE, EuroVR and GI VR/AR; member of the doctoral degrees board and several appointment committees at the University of Bremen

Awards

2024: Best Paper Award, ICAT-EGVE 2024 — BlendPCR
2023: Best Paper Award, EuroXR 2023 — Collaborative VR Anatomy Atlas
2022: Best Paper Award, CGI 2022 / The Visual Computer — Redirected walking with auditory step feedback
2022: Best Paper in Track, IEEE Aerospace Conference 2022 — Gravitational field computation of irregular bodies
2021: Best Poster, Eurographics 2021 — Registration of depth-only sensors
2015: Best Paper Award, GI VR/AR Workshop 2015 — Linear worst-case bound for collision detection
2013: EuroHaptics Ph.D. Award — New Geometric Data Structures for Collision Detection
2013: Best Paper Award, VRIPHYS 2013 — Parallel Collision Detection in Constant Time
2012: Best Paper Award, GI VR/AR Workshop 2012 — Sphere-Spring Systems
2012: Best Teaser Award, IEEE Haptics Symposium 2012
2010: RTT Emerging Technology Award — Haptesha
2009: Best Paper Award, ASME IDETC/CIE 2009 (CIE/VES) — Stable 6-DOF Haptic Rendering with Inner Sphere Trees