Resume

Employment

• Associate Professor (Reader) and Director of Postgraduate Studies | Since 12/2012
  Canterbury University, HIT Lab NZ
• Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Studies | since 12/2010
  Canterbury University, HIT Lab NZ
  • Member | since April 2011
    New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB)
  • Editor in chief | since April 2011
    Entertainment Robotics section of the Entertainment Computing journal
• Assistant Professor | since 09/2002
  Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Design
  • Associate Editor | Since 2010
    International Journal of Human Computer Studies (IJHCS), Elsevier
  • Visiting Associate Professor | 02/2010-03/2010
    Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
  • Associate Editor | Since 2009
    International Journal of Social Robotics, Springer
  • Visiting Researcher | 07/2006-12/2006
    Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International (ATR), Kyoto, Japan
  • Visiting Researcher | 07/2004-10/2004
    Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International (ATR), Kyoto, Japan
  • Professional Development Training | 01/2004
    (Communication, Project Management, Conflict Management), TU/e, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Ph.D. Student of User-System Interaction | 09/2000-08/2002
  Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  Stan Ackerman Institute, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Postgraduate Student of User-System Interaction | 08/1998-08/2000
  Stan Ackerman Institute, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Art Director | 04/1998-08/1998
  Eagle River Interactive (now Agency.com), Mountain View, CA, USA
• Interface Designer | 03/1997-02/1998
  LEGO A/S, Billund, Danmark
• Interface Designer | 09/1996-03/1997
  Xenario Digital Design GbR, Hannover, Germany
• Co-Founder | 12/1995
  Quasar Information Design GbR, Hannover, Germany
• Interface Designer 10/1995-09/1996
  Technologie Centre Hannover GmbH, Hannover, Germany
• Interface Designer | 02/1995-02/1996
  Referat für Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Landtag Niedersachsen
  CD ROM development for Parliament of Lower Saxony
• Research Assistant: Computer Center Support | 08/1995-01/1996
  FH Design & Media Hannover, Germany
• Sales Person and Customer Support for Apple Computers | 04/1995-06/1996
  Systematics GmbH (now Cancom IT Systeme AG), Hannover, Germany

Education

• Qualification: Ph.D. | 09/2000 – 10/2002
  Philips Research in cooperation with Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Visiting Researcher | 06/2001-09/2001
    Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International (ATR), Kyoto, Japan
  • Visiting Researcher | 01/2001-06/2001
    Eindhoven Embedded System Institute (EESI), Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Qualification: Master of Technological Design in User-System Interaction | 08/1998-08/2000
  IPO – Center for User-System Interaction, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  • Final project at the New Media Systems and Applications Group | 11/1999-08/2000
    Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  • Professional Development Training (Communication and Group Skills) | 05/2000
    Stan Ackerman Institute (SAI), Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  • Technical Writing and Editing in English, Professional Training | 12/1999
    Stan Ackerman Institute (SAI), Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Qualification: Diplom Industrial-Design-Informatik | 08/1993-09/1997
  FH Design & Media, Hannover, Germany
  • Final project: CD-ROM concept development for LEGO Box 8428 “Turbo Command” | 03/1997-09/1997
    LEGO A/S, Billund, Danmark
  • Practical Studies in Computer Animation (Alias Wavefront) | 03/1996-10/1996
    c.a.s.e computergrafics GmbH, Hannover, Germany
  • Adobe Photoshop Professional Training | 09/1995
    Systematics AG, Hannover, Germany
• Qualification: Allgemeine Hochschulreife | 08/1981-06/1993
  Immanuel Kant Gymnasium, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Awards

• “A Award” | 10/1999
  NCR Knowledge Labs, London, UK
• Numerous Awards for Swimming(1983-1993) including:
  • 9th place in the German Championships over 1500m Freestyle | 04/1989
  • 3rd place in the West German Championships over 1500m Freestyle | 01/1989

Memberships

• JF Schouten Institute – Full member
• iMusic, Internet Radio Station – Founder and Manager
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)