Work experience

October 2009 - present

PhD Student
Research Group ExpORL, Department Neurosciences, University of Leuven, Belgium

  • PhD project: Envelope enhancement in cochlear implants
  • Development of speech envelope enhancement algorithms for auditory prostheses
  • Application of noise reduction algorithms in auditory prostheses
  • Digital audio and speech signal processing
  • Network administration
  • Guidance of undergraduate and postgraduate projects


October 2008 - March 2009

Audio signal processing engineer
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Audio Department, Erlangen, Germany

  • Development of a face tracking application with multiple videocameras
  • Directional audio coding with microphone arrays
  • Development of an algorithm to estimate a sound’s direction of arrival with a microphone array with arbitrary geometry


May 2007 - August 2008

Research and Teaching Assistant
Institute for Communication Acoustics, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

  • Development and supervision of student seminars and experiments
    • Characteristics of an electrodynamic loudspeaker
    • Measurement of acoustic impedances with the transfer function method
  • Development and analysis of a network based model of the cochlea in the frequency domain in Matlab


1998 - October 2009

Musician
Region Dortmund, Germany

  • Playing violin in several overregional orchestras
  • Member of the piano trio MoVeRa (piano)
  • Accompany music students on the piano at the qualifying examination in University Dueusseldorf, Folkwang University of the Arts Essen and Technical University Dortmund

Education
October 2012 - October 2013
Master of Science, Economics
FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
  • Graduation: 1,8
  • Masterthesis (1,0): “Unscented Kalman Filter.” Department of Economics, Prof. Hermann Singer, FernUniversit ̈at in Hagen, Hagen, Germany, 2013.

April 2009 - October 2012
Bachelor of Science, Economics
FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
  • Graduation: 2,1
  • Bachelorthesis (1,3): “Extended Kalman Filter.” Department of Economics, Prof. Hermann Singer, FernUniversit ̈at in Hagen, Hagen, Germany, 2012.

October 2004 - October 2009
Diplom Engineer, Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences
Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
  • Graduation: 90%
  • Diploma thesis: “Development and Analysis of Multichannel Noise Reduction Algorithms for Binaural Hearing Aids.” Institute of Communication acoustics, Prof. Rainer Martin, Prof. Time Gerkmann, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 2009.
  • Student research project: “Development of a network based model of the cochlea in the time domain in Matlab.” Institute of Communication acoustics, Prof. Herbert Hudde, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 2008.

July 2004
Abitur, German university entrance qualification 
Ruhr-Gymnasium Witten, Witten, Germany
  • Graduation: 1,3
Computer skills
  • Fluent in MATLAB, LaTex, SPSS, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS
  • Very good in MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint) and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)
  • Experienced in C, C++, HTML, and XML
Language skills
  • Mother tongue: German
  • Fluent: English, Dutch
  • Basic: French, Hungarian
Professional memberships
  • VDE: Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies in Germany
  • B-AudioL Belgian Audiological Society
Interests
  • Music: Piano, violin, guitar
  • Sport: Basketball, tennis
  • Literature