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since 1/2024

Mitglied Promotionsausschuss Forschungseinheit (FE) IV (Stellv.) im Promotionszentrum BW-CAR

since 2023

Mitglied im Promotionszentrum BW-CAR des Promotionsverbands der Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften Baden-Württemberg

since 9/2017

Dean Department of Architecture and Design at HFT Stuttgart

2017

Visiting Critic at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (05/2017)

2015

Member of the newly found “Baden-Württemberg Center of Applied Research” (BW-CAR) with the key research topic “ENERsource” (Energy Systems and Ressource Efficiency)

2014

– Visiting Professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology (K.I.T), Japan (11/2014),
– Visiting Professor at Cracow University of Technology (CUT), Poland, Summer Semester 2014

12-2011 

Fellow für Innovationen in der Hochschullehre, selection by Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, promotion/sponsoring by Baden-Württemberg Stiftung

2011 – 2017

First Studiendekan (head of course) for the new Bachelor course KlimaEngineering at HFT Stuttgart

since 10/2008 – today

Full professor for Building Technology and Integrated Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Hochschule für Technik / University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart

2008-14

– Director Technology Hightex GmbH
– Regular Lecturer at Technische Universität München, Faculty of Architecture, for ‘Sonderthemen bei Fassadenkonstruktionen’ and for Master ‘ClimaDesign’ (Prof. Hausladen)

2006-08

Director Envelope Technology SolarNext AGHightex Group,
2007-08 in the position of Vorstand/ CEO of SolarNext AG

2006 

– award for outstanding doctoral thesis of ‘Bund der Freunde der TU München‘ (alumni-association of TUM)
– Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.), May 2006 distinction by the ‘Marschall-foundation’ (promotion and sponsorship of outstanding doctoral thesis’) and acceptance for the miscellanies of the Faculty of Architecture at the TUM

2002-06

scientific and teaching assistant at the Chair of Building Technology, Technische Universität München, Prof. Thomas Herzog, also in the position of ‘Assistant to the Dean’

1999-02

practise Koch+Partner, Munich

1999

special diploma at the University of Karlsruhe, 1st prize at the ‘Baunetz’-competition ‘Diploma of the Year’

1997-98

study of architecture and management at Westminster University, London

1995-97 and 1999

architecture practise in Karlsruhe

1992-99

study of architecture at the University of Karlsruhe

memberships

  • several competition juries, national and international
  • reviewer for different international journals, e.g. ‘Solar Energy’, ‘Journal of Facade Design and Engineering (JFDE)’
  • member of ‘Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg’ (Baden-Württemberg chamber of architects in )

scientific committees etc. (selection)