• Since 2020 Professor at University of Bremen
  • Since 2014 "Privatdozent" at University of Bremen, Production Engineering Department
  • Since 2006 Center of Applied Space Technology and Micrgravity (ZARM) Divisonal Head of thermo-fluid dynamics at ZARM University of Bremen, Production Engineering Department
  • 2004 – 2006 TU Darmstadt, Mechanical Engineering Department Head „Multiphase flow“ at the chair “Energy systems and technology”
  • 2003 – 2004 Darmstadt Center for Fluid Flow and Combustion, Darmstadt Managing director of the „Darmstadt Center for Fluid Flow and Combustion“
  • 2002 – 2003 Adam Opel AG, Rüsselsheim Project engineer at the International Technical Development Center (ITEZ), Divison Car Development & Simulation / Powertrain Cooling
  • 1999 – 2002 Ph.D. stipend, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 91: „Modelling and numerical prediction of technical flows“
  • 1994 – 1999 study at TU Darmstadt, graduated at Mechanics department
  • 06/2020 Appointment as „Professor“ of the University of Bremen (Prof.) University of Bremen, Production Engineering Department
  • 02/2014 Appointments as „Privatdozent“ (Assoc. Prof.) „Venia legendi“ for the teaching and research topic „Fluid mechanics“, University of Bremen, Production Engineering Department
  • 12/2013 Habilitation, Dr.-Ing. habil. University of Bremen, Production Engineering Department (Prof. C. Lämmerzahl/Prof. R. Kienzler) Thesis: „Scale transition diffusion modelling of dispersed systems”
  • 02/2012 Appointment as „Bremen Senior Researcher” (BSR) of the University of Bremen
  • 04/2007 Appointment as “Lehrbeauftragter” (Assist. Prof.) University of Bremen, Production Engineering Department
  • 06/2002 Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.), TU Darmstadt, Mechanical Engineering Department Chair of „Fluid mechanics and Aerodynamics“, Prof. C. Tropea „Computational evaporation modelling of two-phase flows by a Euler/Eulerian approach“
  • 05/1999 M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing), TU Darmstadt, Mechanics Department Specialization „Gas and hydrodynamics“ (Prof. K. Hutter, Prof. K.-G. Roesner), Thesis at the chair „Energy and plant technology“, Prof. J. Janicka Thema: „Comparison of reduced chemical mechanisms in turbulent H2 diffusion flames by Monte Carlo pdf methods“
  • Member of the faculty Council of the Production Engineering Department, University of Bremen
  • Member of the Technical Committee "Computational Science and Engineering" of the “International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics” (GAMM)
  • Member of the topical team R1.3 “Antriebe” / AG “Electric Propulsion” of the “German Aerospace Association” (DGLR)
  • Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG) and different journals as “Physics of Fluids”, “Heat and Fluid Flow” and “Advances in Space Research”
  • ​​​​​​Production engineering (B.Sc.) 
    Fluid mechanics (2SWS)
  • Production engineering (M.Sc.)
    Thermo and fluid dynamics (2SWS)
    Modelling turbulent flow (4SWS)
    Micro and magneto-fluid dynamics (4SWS)