Curriculum Vitae
Now
| Since | Role |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Head of Engineering, Xikaku, Los Angeles |
| 2011 | Co-CEO, LP-Research, Tokyo |
| 2008 | Research / teaching, Waseda University Robot Technology Global Center of Excellence, Tokyo |
| 2005 | Music production, Spoiler Music, Berlin |
Education
| Year | Degree / Training |
|---|---|
| 2011 | PhD, biomedical engineering / robotics, Waseda University, Tokyo - Monbukagakusho scholarship, research on musical humanoid robots at the Takanishi Laboratory (2007 - 2011) |
| 2006 | Research visit at Waseda University’s Humanoid Robotics Institute, with a paper presented at the RSJ annual conference, Okayama |
| 2005 | Diploma, Physics and Engineering, TU Berlin - diploma thesis (2003): construction of an F180 soccer robot |
| 2004 | Studies in popular music (Kontaktstudiengang Popularmusik), Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg |
| 2000 | Vordiplom, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), University of Freiburg |
| 1997 | Abitur, Maximilians Gymnasium, Munich (humanistic education: Graecum / Latinum) |
Engineering Work
| Years | Project |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Rice sorting machine for Unicus Ltd., Shanghai |
| 2005 | Embedded systems development for Infineon, Germany |
| 2005 | Installation and support work for CityScope / This Way GmbH, Shanghai |
| 2005 | Line tracking car for the Chinese-German College at Tongji University, Shanghai |
| 2005 | Trade fair software for Sony-Ericsson at CeBIT, Germany |
| 2004 - 2007 | Video motion tracking and video processing software for HUMATIC Interactive Systems, Berlin |
| 2004 - 2005 | Modular CAN bus battery management system, TU Berlin |
| 2004 | Video delay for Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe |
| 2003 - 2011 | Bacteriodrome / Magnetodrome, Magnetic-Measurements Ltd. |
| 1995 - 2011 | Variable Field Translation Balance (VFTB), Magnetic-Measurements Ltd. / Petersen Instruments |
| 1994 - 1998 | Internships and student software jobs: Microsoft (Munich), 2G Enterprises (Mountain View, CA), GSF Institute for Radiation Research (Munich) |
Audio-Visual Work
| Years | Performance / Production |
|---|---|
| 2007 - 2011 | Regular DJ / live performance events at WOMB, Tokyo |
| 2006 | China tour as VJ for LVMH |
| 2006 | VJ loop production for a Hennessy product video, Jetlag Productions, Shanghai |
| 2005 | Music and video performance at Profile Intermedia Festival, Bremen |
| 2005 | Video DJ (VJ) for Sony-Ericsson at CeBIT, Hannover |
| 2004 | HUMATIC “two lives left update 04” exhibition, Gallery Neurotitan, Haus Schwarzenberg, Berlin |
| 2004 | Interactive screen performance / 99rooms installation, VJ Conference, WMF Berlin |
| 2003 | Radio performance on G-Spot’s radio show, KTUH FM, Honolulu |
| 2002 | Music composition for the Hewlett Packard Sound Tree, used at various trade exhibitions |
Societies
- Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), member
- IEEE, member
Languages
- German (native)
- English (fluent)
- Japanese (fluent)
- Chinese (work in progress)
- French (work in progress)
- Ancient Greek (Graecum)
- Latin (Latinum)