Curriculum Vitae
| 1995 | Studienarbeit „Neural Networks for Fractal Image Compression“, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France |
| 1997 | Diploma thesis „Development and realization of a synthesizer based on fractional PLLs for the generation of highly linear frequency ramps in the microwave range |
| 1997-2005 | Scientific researcher, Institute for High Frequencies, Ruhr-University Bochum |
| 2002 | Dr.-Ing. (passed with distinction) Doctoral thesis „Methods for the precise measurement of the scattering and the noise parameters of linear two-ports at microwave frequencies“ |
| 2005-2009 | Juniorprofessor at the Institute for Radiofrequency and Microwave Engineering, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany |
| 2008 | Successfully evaluated Juniorprofessor |
| 2006-2009 | Head of the Institute for Radiofrequency and Microwave Engineering at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany |
| 2009 | Offer of full professorship and director of institute for High frequency techniques, University of Stuttgart, Germany (rejected) |
| 2009 | Offer of full professorship and director of institute for High frequency techniques and RF systems, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (rejected) |
| since 2010 | Head of Institute of Microwave Systems, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
Board Memberships
| since 2006 | Board member of commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology, International Union of Radio Science (U.R.S.I.) |
| 2006-2010 | Head of the foreign country module in Christian Doppler-Lab “Non-linear signal processing“ of Prof. Kubin, Technical University Graz, Austria |
| 2007-2015 | Board member of VDE-ITG commission 9.1, Measurement techniques for the information technology, within Information Technology Society (ITG) of Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information (VDE) |
| since 2008 | Board member of IEEE MTT-AP chapter, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Microwave Theory and Techniques society, Antennas and Propagation society |
| since 2010 | Vice president of the german association of university professors (DHV, Deutscher Hochschulverband), the main representation of all german university professors with over 30.000 members |
| since 2010 | Vice-Dean for Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum |
| 2012-2016 | Member of the International Advisory Board of the GHz Center, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| since 2013 | Member of the board of trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques, Wachtberg, Germany |
| 2015-2017 | Vice president of the board of Information Technology Society (ITG) within the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information (VDE) |
| since 2015 | DFG (German Research Foundation) Liaison Officer of Ruhr-University Bochum |
| since 2015 | Member of the Executive board of Women Professor Forum (WPF) at RUB and since 2025 Spokesperson of the Forum |
| since 2017 | Spokesperson of Ruhr-University of the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 196, MARIE “Mobile Material Characterization and Localization by Electromagnetic Sensing“, Ruhr-University Bochum and University Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| since 2017 | Debuty Member and since 2025 regular member of the Senate of Ruhr-University Bochum |
| since 2017 | Board member of VDE-ITG commission 7.3, Microwave techniques, within Information Technology Society (ITG) of Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information (VDE), 2022-2025: Spokesperson of VDE-ITG commission HF 3 „Microwave techniques“ |
| 2017-2022 | Member of the Stakeholder-Dialogue of the German university platform Digitization, an initiative of the Sponsoring Association for the Advancement of German Arts and Science and the Conference of Presidents and Rectors of Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions |
| since 2018 | Member of the Executive Committee of IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes |
| 2018-2023 | Member of the Senate Committee and Grants Committee on Collaborative Research Centres of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| since 2018 | Member of the Research Departments Material and Solvation Science at Ruhr-University |
| 2019 2022-2023 | Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Measurement Theory and Techniques, MTT |
| since 2019 | Member of the board of reviewers for the funding program “VIP+ Validation of technological and societal potential of innovation of scientific research” of the federal ministry of education and research (BMBF) |
| 2020-2022 | Member of the Advisory board of the collaborative DFG research project AIMS - Applying Interoperable Metadata Standards, RWTH Aachen and TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| since 2020 | Member of the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 287, Bulk-Reaction “Reacting and moving granular assemblies with gas flow”, Ruhr-University Bochum and University Magdeburg, Germany |
| since 2022 | Member of IEEE Education Committee |
| 2023-2025 | Member of Advisory Board of VDE GMM Society for Microelectronics, Microsystems- and Precision Engineering within VDE (Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) |
| since 2024 | Delegate of VDE-ITG (Information Technology Society, VDE – Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies |
| since 2024 | Member of the board of trusted of Ferdinand Braun Instituts gGmbH, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Berlin |
Academic Distinctions
| 2001 | European Microwave Price, 31st European Microwave Conference, London UK |
| 2004 | Dr. Heinrich Kost-Award for dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany |
| 2009 | EEEfCOM Innovation Award |
| 2011 | IEEE MTT Outstanding Young Engineer Award, Baltimore, USA |
| since 2013 | Member of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft |
| since 2015 | Regular Member of National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) |
| 2022 | European Radar Conference Price, London, UK |
| since 2023 | Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts in the class for engineering and economics |
| 2024 | Fellow of ITG (Information Technology Society within VDE - Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) |
| 2025 | VDE ITG Award for an outstanding publication in teh field of Information technology |
Regular reviews for
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), Wien, Austria
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Stockholm, Schweden
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Kanada
- German-French University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- German Research Foundation (DFG) and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Technical program committee (TPC) regular member of international conferences
- European Microwave Week (EuMW)
- International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
- European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
- German Microwave Conference (GeMiC)
General Conference Chair of international conferences
| 2015 | German Microwave Conference |
| 2019 | IEEE MTTS Internat. Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials |
| 2023 | European Microwave Conference |
| 2029 | European Microwave Week |
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