2021 – present Director, Fraunhofer IWU, Chemnitz 2018 – present Member of the German Academic Association for Production Technology – WGP 2016 – present Head of Department, Fraunhofer IWU, Dresden, Department for Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) 2015 – present Professor, Chair of Machine Tool Development and Adaptive Controls, TU Dresden 2012 Doctorate as Dr.-Ing. at the TU Chemnitz 2010 – 2015 Head of Department, Fraunhofer IWU, Chemnitz, Department of Machine Tools 2008 – 2010 Acting Head of Department, Fraunhofer IWU, Chemnitz, Department of Machine Tools 2000 – 2010 Group leader, Fraunhofer IWU, Chemnitz, Research Group Machine Structures at the Department for Machine Tools 1997 – 1999 Research Associate, Fraunhofer IWU, Chemnitz, Department for Machine Tools 1991 – 1997 Study of Mechanical Engineering at the TU Braunschweig, degree: Dipl.-Ing. 1988 – 1990 Extended secondary school Aschersleben, degree: A-levels 1982 – 1988 General polytechnic secondary school in Aschersleben 1978 – 1982 Embassy School of the GDR in Tokyo, Japan