I am the Technical Director at the AICOR Institute for Artificial Intelligence. My research focuses on enabling robots to understand and competently execute complex manipulation tasks in collaboration with humans. I am particularly interested in cognitive robotics, neurosymbolic AI, AI safety, and human-AI interaction.

I recently completed my PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in Computer Science at the University of Bremen. In my dissertation, I developed methods that combine symbolic reasoning and machine learning to make robot programming more intuitive, explainable, and safe.

At AICOR, I operationalize the institute's research strategy, coordinate interdisciplinary teams, and support project acquisition and development. I am passionate about building embodied AI systems that people can understand, trust, and safely work with.