Current Affiliations
I have recently obtained my PhD (see Thesis) in Computer Science from the CS Department of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My advisor is Manuela Veloso. My current research interests include physics-based robot motion planning, vision, and higher level behavioral control.

Background
I am originally from the beautiful city of Kiel, Germany. I received my bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science from the University at Buffalo in 2005 (with minors in Computer Science and Linguistics). During that time, I also started to become heavily involved in the RoboCup Small-Size League which eventually led me to Carnegie Mellon.