Biomedical Engineering

Short vita

Career and professional background:

• Ilmenau University of Technology, BEng in Technical and Biomedical Cybernetics (1975–1980)
• Dresden University of Engineering, Research Assistant in Biomedical Engineering (1980–1986)
• PhD (Dr.-Ing.) on the modelling of respiratory mechanics during mechanical ventilation (1987)
• Dresden University of Technology, Research and Teaching Assistant (1987–2019)
• Privatdozent in Biomedical Engineering (2005), teaching at, among others, Dresden University of Technology and Leibniz University Hannover
• Deputy Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Dresden University of Technology (2004–2019)
• Active work within the DGBMT scientific society within the VDE (Executive Board 2011–2015) and on the specialist committees ‘Training and Further Education – Biomedical Engineering in Higher Education in Germany, Austria and Switzerland’ (Spokesperson 2006–2022), ‘OptoMed’ and ‘Automed’, as well as on the VDE’s ‘Study, Career and Society’ technical committee
• University cooperation on teaching projects relating to blended learning in biomedical engineering; active promotion of young STEM talent through school and university projects, including “Methodology of Scientific Work” at the Martin Andersen Nexö Gymnasium in Dresden (1987–2012)
• GWT-TUD GmbH, project manager for “Intraoperative Imaging in Neurosurgery”, “Blended Learning in Biomedical Engineering”, “eMedTech – Knowledge Base for Biomedical Engineering” (2013 – present)