Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Electrical engineering and information technology, Dipl.-Ing.
Focus: Systems optimization, sensor fusion, navigation

• Software development in the field of navigation / communication / collision avoidance of autonomous marine robotic systems
• Support for the operation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) on scientific cruises
• System design of the GEOMAR-internal infrastructure BELUGA und coordination in the scope of the project MUSE

• From Nov 2024: MUSE - Marine Umweltrobotik und -Sensorik für nachhaltige Erforschung (Helmholtz)
• Okt 2020 - Today: BELUGA: Marine multi-platform controller and situational awareness (internal)
• Nov 2019 - Today: CIAM - Comprehensive Integrated and Fully Autonomous Subsea Monitoring (third-party/industrial)
• Nov 2015 - Nov 2019: Submarine Groundwater Discharge: Adaption of an autonomous aquatic vehicle for robotic measurements, sampling and monitoring (technology transfer)

• Planned: 2025 RV Meteor (M215): Heraklion (Greece) - Heraklion (Greece) - BELUGA/MOLA
• 2024 RV Meteor (M198): Catania (Italy) - Catania (Italy), AUV operations
• 2023 RV Alkor (AL595): Kiel (Germany) - Grimsey (Iceland) - Kiel (Germany), AUV operations
• 2023 RV Alkor (AL589): Kiel (Germany) - Kiel (Germany), AUV operations 
• 2021 RV Alkor (AL559a): Kiel (Germany) - Kiel (Germany), AUV tests
• 2020 RV Alkor (AL548): Lübeck Bay (Germany) - Kiel (Germany), AUV operations
• 2020 RV Alkor (AL538): Kiel (Germany) - Kiel (Germany), AUV tests
• 2020 RV Alkor (AL533): Catania (Italy) - La Seyne sur Mer (France), AUV tests
• 2019 PS Al Mabrukah: Salalah (Oman) - Salalah (Oman), Wave Glider
• 2019 RV Meteor (M160): Mindelo (Cape Verde) - Mindelo (Cape Verde), Wave Glider
• 2017 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM61): Mindelo (Cape Verde) - Las Palmas (Spain), Wave Glider
• 2016 RV Al Salt: Salalah (Oman) - Salalah (Oman), Multi-beam bathymetry survey