Career

05.01.1975	born in Berlin-Hermsdorf
School education, training
1981 - 1985	Elementary school Bad Grund
1985 - 1987	Orientation school Badenhausen
1987 - 1994	Obtained the general higher education entrance qualification at Osterode grammar school
1994 - 1995	Basic military service
1995 - 1998	Apprenticeship as an electrician at Westharzer Kraftwerke GmbH Osterode (WKO, now Harz Energie)
University studies
1998 - 2004	Studied energy systems engineering at the Technical University of Clausthal
1999 - 2004	Student assistant at the Institute for Electrical Power Engineering (IEE) at Clausthal University of Technology in the field of test bench construction and internship supervision.
2003	Project work: "Realization of a self-controlled inverter for the implementation of field-oriented control for a permanently excited synchronous machine" Student research project: "Calculation of current distribution in lead batteries with a standard simulation program" Diploma thesis at Varta Automotive Systems GmbH Hannover:
2004	"Development of a battery model to describe the thermal properties of a nickel-metal hydride battery" Graduated as Dipl.-Ing. Energy Systems Engineering in August 2004
Professional activity
01/1998 - 09/1998	Electrician WKO
09/2004 - 10/2004	Certified scientific assistant at the Institute for Electrical Power Engineering
Since 11/2004	Research assistant at the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering