Education

2008-2016: Dr. rer. nat. – Computer Science
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Thesis: Natural Interaction with Audio Playback: Tapping Physical Skills

2001-2008: Diploma – Computer Science
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Thesis: CORONA – Realizing an Interactive Experience in Visually Untouchable Rooms Using Continuous Virtual Audio Spaces

1995-2001: Certificat d’enseignement secondaire supérieur
Athénée Royal d’Eupen, Belgium

Professional Experience

2024-current: Professor for Mobile Application Development
FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany

2023-2024: Associate Lecturer
FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany

2021-2024: Senior UX Concepter
Eppendorf SE, Germany

2016-2021: Postdoctoral Researcher
Expertise Center for Digital Media
Hasselt University, Belgium

2008-2016: Research Assistant
Media Computing Group
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2011, 2013: iPhone Programming Trainer
German University of Technology (GUtech), Muscat, Oman

Academic Awards

I received a Ph.D. scholarship from the B-IT Research School.

Academic Experience

Reviews

• Conferences
  • Augmented Human
  • Automotive UI
  • CHI
  • CHI Play
  • DIS
  • ISS
  • NIME
  • Mensch und Computer
  • MobileHCI
  • ISWC
  • TEI
  • UIST
  • Ubicomp
• Journals
  • Entertainment Computing
  • ACM TOCHI
  • IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
  • ACM IMWUT

Invited Talks

• Mobilité et Réalité Augmentée Urbaine (April 2011, Grenoble, France) – Le banquet de Charlemagne
• Ubisense User Group Conference (Sept. 2010, Cambridge, UK) – Recreating a Medieval Coronation Feast
• Apps im Rahmen der Polizei (November 2011, Düsseldorf, Germany) – Informationsveranstaltung Mobile Anwendungen, Ministerium für Inneres und Kommunales NRW.
• X-Festival: Needle and Stainless Steel Thread – The Current State of Textile Interfaces (May 2017, Hasselt, Belgium)
• Centexbel Conference on Textile Wearables in a World of IoT: Textile interfaces from a user-perspective. (October 2019, Liège, Belgium)

Teaching Overview