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Personal Information

Education

Secondary Education:

1992 - 1999: Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Chemnitz (specialization in sciences and comprehensive mathematical classes)
High School Graduation Certificate (Abitur)

Further Education:

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Warwick, 2010.

Topic: Parallel String Alignments: Algorithms and Applications

This thesis shows new algorithms for computing string alignments on modern parallel computer systems. The theoretical part includes a detailed analysis of new parallel algorithms for string comparison. The practical part of this thesis consists of an implementation of a new tool for loss-free local string comparison.

Dipl. Inf. (M.Sc. in Computer Science), Technische Universität Chemnitz, 2006

Topic: Simulationsbasierte Experimentplanung bei Parallelen Reaktorsystemen
(Simulation-based experiment planning for parallel reactor systems)

This thesis investigates the application of different scheduling algorithms to planning experiments on parallel reactor systems in experimental chemistry.

M.Sc. by Research, Computer Science, University of Warwick, 2005

Topic: Experimental Evaluation of BSP Algorithms

The main contribution of this thesis is a thorough study of the practicability and predictability of bulk-synchronous parallel algorithms for matrix multiplication and for string comparison.

Employment

2010 - now : Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Warwick Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, UK.

Position as a research fellow in mathematical analysis of regulatory and signalling networks.

2007 - 2010 : Customer Service Engineer (part time) at AMTEC GmbH, Leamington Spa, UK

Maintenance and setup of automated lab equipment for high-throughput catalyst testing, software development for experiment control, system troubleshooting and customer support for the UK area.

2000 - 2007 : Software Developer at AMTEC GmbH, Chemnitz, Germany

Software development for lab automation and data management, implementation of software solutions for automated experimentation in catalyst research.

Summer 2001 : Internship at DSM N.V., Geleen, The Netherlands

Software development for lab automation in experimental Chemistry.

1999 - 2000 : Military service

Professional Skills

[ Skill levels indicated from * = basic to *** = advanced ]

• Programming languages : C/C++ [***] , Java [***], Assembler (x86 -- IA32 [***] and IA64[**] -- and MIPS [*]), Haskell [***], Mathematica [**], Maple [*], Matlab [**], Perl [***], Python [***], PHP [***], SQL[**], FORTRAN 77[**], VHDL [*] and a few more.
• Software Development Tools : Microsoft Visual Studio (C++), Intel Compiler Suite, GNU Tools and Compilers, Code Analysis Tools (Valgrind, Intel VTune, Intel Parallel Studio), Eclipse (Java, C++), NetBeans, Nokia QT, Boost Library.
• Computer Systems : Experience with administration of both Windows and Linux/Unix desktop and server systems.
• Databases : Experienced with SQL-based database systems (MySQL and Oracle)
• Web Development: Good knowledge of HTML/CSS, CMS Systems (Typo3 and others)
• Others: LaTeX+Bibtex, FEMLAB