1992 - 1997 Studies of electrical engineering, specialization in control technology at TU Braunschweig, TH Karlsruhe, and the école nationale supérieure d'électricité et de mécanique Nancy. Doctorate in 2002 with a thesis on non-linear time-discrete control systems. Work with BMW, responsibility for advanced development of braking systems and series development of integrated vehicle dynamics controls (ICM) and sensors. Last, Head of the advance and series development of active safety systems. Since autumn 2010, Head of the Institute of Control Systems of KIT. Editor of the journal at-Automatisierungstechnik since 2011. Since April 2015, member of the Board of Scientific Directors of the Research Center for Information Technology (FZI) of KIT. Chair of the IFAC Technical Committee  TC 4.1 Human machine systems.