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 AG/ Hightex 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)
- Member of Scientific Committee for TENSINET – COST symposium 2016 in NEWCASTLE “Novel structural skins – Improving sustainability and efficiency through new structural textile materials and designs”, Newcastle 26 – 28 October 2016
- Member of Scientific Committee for International Conference – NBTAD 2016 – New Building Technologies and Architectural Design, Cracow 13-14 October 2016
- Member of Scientific Committee and Keynote-Lecturer at the conference “X-th Conference New Building Technologies and Architectural Design / 1st World Multi-Conference on Intelligent Building Technologies and Multimedia Management“, Krakow October 16th – 18th, 2013
- Member of Scientific Committee and Keynote-Lecturer at the conference “TENSINET SYMPOSIUM 2013, [RE]THINKING lightweight structures”, Mimar Sinan Fine-Art University, Istanbul, May 8th-10th, 2013