Current Affiliations
I am currently working towards a PhD in Computer Science at 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 lead me to Carnegie Mellon.