birth: 08.04.77 at Aachen, Germany school: from 1983 to 1996 in Unterreichenbach (Baden-Württemberg), Elmshorn (Schleswig-Holstein) and Lemgo (Nordrhein-Westfalen) military service: from 1996 to 1997 studies: Electrical Engineering, specialized in Information- and Communication Systems, from 1997 to 2002. Diploma Thesis, Chair of Communication Networks, (RWTH) Aachen University: Coexistence and Interworking in IEEE 802.11e in Competition Scenarios of Overlapping Wireless Networks Economics, specialized in E-Business and Economic Computer Science, from 1998 to 2003. Diploma Thesis, Chair of Economics (Microeconomics), (RWTH) Aachen University: Game Theoretical Modeling and Evaluation of the Radio Resource Competition of IEEE 802.11e Wireless Networks practical experience: in 1997 internship at BRANDT Maschinenbau GmbH Lemgo, Germany, in the field of production and quality assurance. from 1997 to 1999 student worker at Amian & Witzel Computersysteme GmbH Aachen, Germany. Activities in the field of production, sales and customer service. from October 2001 to January 2002 internship at Infineon Technologies San Jose, California. work @ ComNets: from 1999 to 2001 student worker at the Chair of Communication Networks Aachen, Germany. since November 2002, research assistant scholarships: Graduiertenkolleg "Software für Kommunikationssysteme" Infineon Student MemberChip Program awards: Siemens mobile Academic Award Best Paper Award of "European Wireless Conference 2005"
