Former Members

Prof. Dr. Baruch Meerson

Currently: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Racah Institute of Physics, Israel
Position at MSS: Humboldt Fellow 2003

Prof. Dr. Isaac Goldhirsch

Position at MSS: Visiting Professor 2009

Prof. Dr. Jason Gallas

Currently: Instituto de Altos Estudos da Paraíba Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Position at MSS: Visiting Professor 2011/12, 2013, 2017

Prof. Dr. Jose Daniel Munoz Castano

Currently: Professor at National University of Colombia, Bogota
Position at MSS: Visiting Professor 2022

Prof. Dr. Leopoldo Gómez

Currently: Full Professor at Universidad Nacional del Sur Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Position at MSS: Humboldt Fellow 2020/21, Visiting Professor 2022

Prof. Dr. Raúl Cruz Hidalgo

Currently: Universidad de Navarra Física y Matemática Aplicada
Position at MSS: Visiting Scholar

Dr. Dan Serero

Currently: Tel Aviv University
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2010-17

Dr. Diego Fregolente Mendes de Oliveira

Currently: Assistant Research Scientist at Social Data Science Center (SoDa) and College of Information Studies (iSchool) University of Maryland USA
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2011/12

Dr. habil. Alberto Leonardi

Currently: Beamline Scientist Dual Imaging And Diffraction (DIAD - K11) Diamond Light Source Ltd. UKRI - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK and Habilitand at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen, Germany
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2017-2022

Dr. Mahendra Laxman Shinde

Position at MSS: Postdoc 2012/13

Dr. Marina Montaine

Currently: FEM Simulation Expert at Semikron-Danfoss, Nuernberg, Germany
Position at MSS: Postdoc at MSS 2009-12

Dr. rer. nat. Charles Radeke

Currently: Particle Simulation & Algorithmic Advice Chemnitz Germany
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2005-06

Dr. rer. nat. Christian Scholz

Currently: Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf Institute for Theoretical Physics
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2015-16

Dr. rer. nat. Eric Josef Ribeiro Parteli

Currently: University Duisburg-Essen
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2011-15

Dr. rer. nat. Frank Rietz

Currently: Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig and Frank Rietz IT Dienstleistung
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2015-16

Dr. rer. nat. habil. Matthias Schröter

Currently: Adjunct Associate Professor Duke Kunshan University China and Hypatia - Science Consulting
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2015-18

Dr. rer. nat. Kai-Uwe Thiessenhusen

Currently: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin
Position at MSS: Postdoc at MSS 2000-2001

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Becker

Currently: Researcher at Gesellschaft zur Förderung angewandter Informatik (GFaI) e.V. Berlin, Germany
Position at MSS: Postdoc MSS 2007-2008

Dr. rer.nat. Jan Freund

Currently: University Oldenburg Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2000-06

Dr. techn. Daniel Schiochet Nasato

Currently: TU München
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2016-19

Dr. Thomas Schwager

Currently: Bruker Nano, Berlin
Position at MSS: Diploma 1998, PhD student 1998-2002, Postdoc 2002-2008

Dr. Volkhard Buchholtz

Currently: Director, Logos-Verlag-Berlin
Position at MSS: Diploma student 1996, PhD student 1996-1999, Postdoc 1999-2001

Dr.-Ing. Mubashir Hussain

Currently: CFD Expert Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG Dortmund, Germany
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2016-19

Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Mühlbauer

Position at MSS: PhD student 2014-20

Dr.-Ing. Severin Strobl

Position at MSS: PhD student 2009-16, Postdoc 2016-17

Dr.rer.nat. Kuang-Wu (Jeff) Lee

Currently: Senior CFD Consultant at FS Dynamics Germany GmbH Hamburg, Germany
Position at MSS: Postdoc

Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Igor Goychuk

Currently: Adjunct Associate Professor Universität Augsburg, Germany
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2019-2022

Prof. Dr. Clara Salueña

Currently: Universitat Rovira i Virgili Tarragona Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica
Position at MSS: Postdoc 1996-98

Prof. Dr. Fengxian Fan

Currently: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
Position at MSS: Postdoc (visiting scholar) 2014/15

Prof. Dr. habil. Nikolai Brilliantov

Currently: Full Professor at University of Leicester School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, UK and Full Professor at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Moscow, Russia
Position at MSS: Postdoc, visiting Professor 2010

Prof. Dr. Marcus Bannerman

Currently: Associate Professor School of Engineering University of Aberdeen, UK
Position at MSS: Postdoc at MSS 2009-11

Prof. Dr. Nadine Aburumman

Currently: Associate Professor in Computer Science Brunel University, London
Position at MSS: Post-Doc 2016-17

Prof. Dr. Prapanch Nair

Currently: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2016-19

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Praveen Kumar Bommineni

Currently: Professor at National Institute of Technology Warangal Department of Chemical Engineering Warangal, Telangana, India
Position at MSS: Postdoc at MSS 2018-2020

Baofang Song

Currently: Tianjin University Applied Mathematics, China
Position at MSS: Postdoc 2014-15

Ali Shakeri, M.Sc.

Currently: German Aerospace - DLR Oldenburg
Position at MSS: PhD student 2016-20

Christian Schöner, M.Sc.

Position at MSS: PhD student 2011-14

Christopher Bross

Currently: Exasol, Nürnberg
Position at MSS: PhD student 2017-19

Dirk Rosenkranz

Currently: SAP
Position at MSS: PhD student 1995-98

Dr. Abdulrahman Sadeq Obaid

Position at MSS: PhD student 2009-10

Dr. rer. nat. Jonathan Kollmer

Currently: Uni Duisburg-Essen
Position at MSS: PhD student 2014/15

Dr. rer. nat. Manuel Baur

Currently: Johner-Institut Konstanz
Position at MSS: PhD student 2016-20

Dr. rer. nat. Marco Klement

Position at MSS: PhD student 2017-21

Dr. rer. nat. Nikola Topic

Position at MSS: PhD student 2009-15

Dr. Volkhard Buchholtz

Currently: Director, Logos-Verlag-Berlin
Position at MSS: Diploma student 1996, PhD student 1996-1999, Postdoc 1999-2001

Dr.-Ing. Lídia Almazán

Currently: Universidad de Deusto Facultad de Ingeniería, Bilbao
Position at MSS: PhD-Student 2012-16

Dr.-Ing. Luis Armando Torres Cisneros

Currently: Sioux Technologies GmbH Erlangen, Germany
Position at MSS: PhD student at MSS 2017-2021

Martin Tupy, M.Sc.

Currently: Brose, Bamberg
Position at MSS: PhD student 2010-14

Prof. Dr. Manuel Díez-Minguito

Currently: Professor at Instituto Interuniversitario del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía Universidad de Granada, Spain
Position at MSS: PhD student 2005

Prof. Dr. Nina Gunkelmann

Currently: TU Clausthal Professur für Computational Material Sciences/Engineering
Position at MSS: PhD student

Ali Mauricio Velasco Sabogal

Currently: Valeo Komfort- und Fahrassistenzsysteme Kronach-Neuses, Germany
Position at MSS: PhD student 2019-2022

Chrameh Mbah Fru

Currently: Stockholm University
Position at MSS: PhD student 2017-2020

Matias Macazaga

Currently: Alma Global
Position at MSS: PhD student 2020

Alisia Botthof

Currently: Boston Consulting Group, München
Position at MSS: Hiwi

Antonia Ohlmann, M.Sc.

Currently: Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2017/18

Bernhard Neupert, M.Sc.

Currently: K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies, Sondershausen
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2012

Britt Michelsen

Horst weyer und partner gmbh, Nürnberg
Position at MSS: Bachelor 2012

Dipl.- Phys. Dominik Krengel

Currently: Postdoctoral researcher at Uni Tsukuba Department of Engineering Mechanics and Energy, Japan
Position at MSS: Diploma Student (Physics) 2009

Dipl.- Phys. Gregor Mückl

Currently: Meta Redmond, USA
Position at MSS: Diploma 2008

Dipl.-Phys. Robert Lieske

Currently: Teamware GmbH, München
Position at MSS: Diploma student 1997

Doris Zoller, M.Sc.

Currently: Wella, Steinberg
Position at MSS: Master student 2017

Dr. Andreas Schäfer

Currently: Senior Site Reliability Engineer Google Switzerland GmbH, Zürich
Position at MSS: PhD student 2016-17

Dr. Clara Adam

Currently: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Dr. Dominik Werner

Currently: University of Birmingham
Position at MSS: Masterstudent 2019

Dr. Fariba Azizmohammadi

Currently: École de Technologie Supérieure Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2014/15

Dr. Markus Forst

Currently: Stanford University
Position at MSS: Bachelor student DAAD grantee 2018

Dr. Michael Schuster

Currently: FAU Department of Data Science
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015

Dr. rer. nat. Max Flämig

Currently: Nordbayerisches NMR-Zentrum, Universität Bayreuth
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2008

Dr. Tara Shreve

Currently: Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Position at MSS: Bachelor student 2015 (DAAD stipend)

Dr.rer.nat. Johann Erath

Currently: SKZ - Kunststoff-Zentrum, Würzburg
Position at MSS: Diploma student 2008

Fabian Zimber, M.Sc.

Position at MSS: Master student 2012-13

Felix Koopmann

Position at MSS: Hiwi

Felix Verbücheln, M.Sc.

Position at MSS: Master student 2014

Florian Fischer, M.Sc.

Currently: MTU Aero Engines
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2018

Franka Risch M.Sc.

Currently: PhD student at University Hospital Augsburg Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015/16

Hamzeh Pourtavakoli

Currently: Bosch, Stuttgart
Position at MSS: Master student 2015

Hannes Raab, M.Sc.

Currently: Umicore Hanau, Germany
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2016/17

Harish Abubaker

Currently: PHD Student National Institute of Technology, Calicut
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2014/15

Jan Nicklas, M.Sc.

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2018

Jonas Rathke

Currently: D3 Data Services
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2013/14, Master student 2014

Kerstin Arnold

Position at MSS: Hiwi

Laura Steub, B.Sc.

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015/16

Leonardo Andres Perez Ramirez

Currently: PhD student at Institut für Baumechanik, Statik und Dynamik Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Position at MSS: Master 2019/20

Markus Ott

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2016

Melanie Eßl, M.Sc.

Currently: VTU, Penzberg
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2012/13

Mohammad Farahani, M.Sc.

Currently: bracketlab, Berlin
Position at MSS: Master student 2015

Olivia Szewczykowski, M.Sc.

Currently: Uni Graz, Austria
Position at MSS: Master student 2018/20

Paul Mildenberger, M.Sc.

Position at MSS: Master student 2018

Qing Yu

Scientist at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Position at MSS: Master Student 2024

Shaoyi Xu, M.Sc.

Currently: onsemi, Munich
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015-16, Master Student 2017

Stefan Wolf, M.Sc.

Position at MSS: Bachelor student Hiwi 2018-21

Sudhanshu Gupta

Currently: Managing Director SNL Innovations Pvt. Ltd Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2009/10

Thomas Seeböck, M. Sc.

Currently: ProLeiT, Herzogenaurach
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2013

Veronika Schmidt, M.Sc.

Currently: Wittenstein Cyber motor GmbH
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2016-17

Zhang Bo, M.Sc.

Currently: artCon Gesellschaft für Softwareengineering, Erlangen

Christine von Künsberg-Langenstadt

Currently: student of Psychology Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2017/18

Ricardo Morales Hernandez

Currently: Schuster Elektronik, Herzogenaurach
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2018

Sandrine Koueme Mafague

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015

Sean D Silva

Currently: Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology, Erlangen
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015/16

Christina Bauer

Position at MSS: Hiwi

Vishal Boddu

Currently: Huawei, München

Raoudha Boukhris

Position at MSS: Hiwi

Sanjay Chamoli

Currently: Tesla, Berlin, Germany
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015-16

Matthew Coleman

Currently: Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Position at MSS: Master student, DAAD scholar 2016

Rachel Derby

Currently: ASML Eindhoven, Netherlands
Position at MSS: Master Student 2016, DAAD intern 2013

Marcel Drya

Position at MSS: Bachelor student

Florian Fuchs

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015/16

William Funkenbusch

Currently: Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering
Position at MSS: Master Student (DAAD scholar) 2018

Esme Grünewald

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2012/13

Shadin Hassan

Currently: Amdocs Nazareth Area, Israel
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2015

Nicole Illinger

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2020/21

Apostolos Kyrloglou

Currently: PhD Student at Research Training Group MIMENIMA University of Bremen Germany and Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering - IWT Bremen Germany
Position at MSS: Master student at MSS 2016/19

Sebastian Menapace

Currently: Pall Corporation, Dreieich
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2012/13

Verena Merten

Position at MSS: Bachelor student 2021 and Hiwi 2021

Ganeshkrishna Padmanaban

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2018

Ahmad Saleminajafabadi

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2018

Moritz Schaffenroth

Currently: Scientist at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2011-13

Jessica Schauer

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2013/14

Tanja Skeledzic

Currently: Bosch, Bamberg
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2012-13

Cristian Soitu

Currently: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Brooklyn, USA
Position at MSS: Master student 2015 (DAAD stipend)

Emöke Szasz

Currently: VOIS, Budapest
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2010-11

Benjamin Taubmann

Currently: Nutanix, Passau
Position at MSS: Hiwi 2011

Tobias Wilhelm

Position at MSS: Hiwi 2014/15

Dr. Utkarsh Sinha

Position at MSS: Summer intern 2018

Daniel Treffenstädt

Currently: ZARM Technik AG Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM) Am Fallturm 2 28359 Bremen, Germany
Position at MSS: Intern @ MSS 2010

Joanna Gargasz, M.A.

Currently: Technische Universität München Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik
Position at MSS: Secretary 2009-2015

Ute Hespelein

Currently: Department Elektrotechnik-Elektronik-Informationstechnik (EEI) Geschäftsstelle Department Elektrotechnik-Elektronik-Informationstechnik Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Position at MSS: Secretary 2015-2017