Professional experience
| Since March 2020 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) Research Strategy Unit | Science manager Development and management of research funding instruments, monitoring and reporting processes, as well as communication measures – e.g. for the strategy program LMUexcellent and the Joint Federal Government-Länder Tenure-Track Programme. Process optimization, quality management, and knowledge management. |
| 2015 – 2019 | Technische Universität München (TUM) Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS), Management Office | 2017 – 2019: Science manager Reporting, committee coordination, knowledge management, coordination of MCTS website relaunch, website administration. 2015 – 2017: Science manager / Research associate Assistant to the managing director of the MCTS graduate center, various administrative tasks, event organization. |
| 2010 – 2015 | Technische Universität München (TUM) Chair for Robotics and Embedded Systems | 2013 – 2015: Science manager / Research associate 2010 – 2013: Science manager / Graduate assistant Project management, reporting, PR, and quality management in international EU-funded robotics consortium projects (ECHORD, ECHORD++, SMART-E). |
| 2006 – 2010 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) Chair of General and Experimental Psychology | Student assistant / Graduate assistant Conduction of psychophysiological experiments (EEG, eye tracking, hand movement tracking) and laboratory management. |
Education
| 2020 | Technische Universität München (TUM) Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS) | Science and Technology Studies – Dr. phil. (magna cum laude) – Doctoral Thesis: ‘Robots Wanted: Dead And/Or Alive. The Attribution of In/Animacy to Robot Technology‘ [Abstract (PDF)]. – Published 2021 as ‘More Than Machines? The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology‘ with Transcript Publishing – Advisor: Prof. Dr. Sabine Maasen (Friedrich-Schiedel Endowed Chair of Sociology of Science). – 03/2015 – 08/2017: PhD scholarship, Andrea von Braun Foundation. | |
| 2010 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) | Psychology – Diplom (German Master’s) – Majors: Neuro-cognitive psychology & occupational/organizational psychology. – Thesis project on ‘The Influence of Workpiece Order Status on Manual Assembly Performance‘. Excellence Cluster CoTeSys (Cognition in Technical Systems), project ACIPE (Adaptive Cognitive Interaction in Production Environments). – Internship, Siemens Center for User-Interface Design (2010). – Research internship, Chair of General and Experimental Psychology (2008/09). |
Further training
| 06/2020 | Online/remote consulting |
| 11/2019 | Moderating meetings and discussions |
| 10/2018 | Horizon 2020 application process |
| 06/2018 | MS Access 2013 |
| 07/2017 | Third-party funding for Bavarian universities |
| 05/2017 | Bavarian budget law (Bay. Haushaltsrecht) |
| 01/2017 | Horizon 2020 review process |
| 05/2016 | Project management |
| 12/2012 | Management of EU-funded research projects |