Curriculum Vitae

03/2023 - ongoing

Senior Lecturer for Interaction Design

Department of Applied IT, University of Gothenburg - Gothenburg, Sweden

Teaching: programming, interaction design, HCI, human-centred AI. Researching: interaction design, computational creativity, social robotics, robotic prototyping of lightweight low-cost robotics.

04/2024 - ongoing

Co-Founder, Director

SEAM coLab Ltd. - Bristol, UK

Co-founded the company to explore use of AI and creative technology in artistic settings tegether with my other co-founder. The company has trans-disciplinary goals and strong disciplinary roots in performative arts and natural sciences.

06/2018 - 02/2025

Co-Founder, CTO, Director

Borobo Ltd. - Edinburgh, UK

Co-founded the company to explore parts of PhD work on cognitive architecture and moving into physical prototyping and building. Designed the first technical prototype of the Maah social robot and lead the technical development until my resignation.

12/2018 - ongoing

Lecturer in Computer Science / Subject Specialist for Games

School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics, University of Plymouth - Plymouth, UK

Teaching: games programming, robotics, 3D prototyping, pervasive computing. Research-only involvement since 05/2023.

04/2016 - 04/2019

Research Fellow

MetaMakers Institute, Falmouth University - Falmouth, UK

Researching computational creativity, bridging industry and academia, and organisation of AISB Convention 2019.

04/2015 - 04/2016

Technology advisor

Department of Psychology, University of Bath - Bath, UK

Technological and engineering support for the development of a mobile behavioural intervention app.

10/2009 - 04/2012

Researcher

Fraunhofer IDMT, Department of Children's Media - Erfurt, Germany

Group Leader Serious Games, project management, acquisition, game concepts, thesis mentoring and student project mentoring.

04/2008 - 09/2009

Student assistant

Fraunhofer IDMT, Department of Children's Media - Erfurt, Germany

Implementation and development of AI, setup of Entertainment-Lab.

09/2006 - 03/2007

Internship

Trans-Reality Game Laboratory - Visby, Sweden

Design and implementation of game concepts.

2002 - 2006

Student assistant

Fraunhofer IDMT, Department of Audio Coding - Ilmenau, Germany

Software development and design of audio test software.

2020

Associate Fellowship (AFHEA)

Higher Education Academy - UK

04/2012 - 03/2016

PhD in Computer Science

University of Bath - Bath, UK

Building Robust Real-Time Game AI: Simplifying and Automating Integral Process Steps in Multi-Platform Design.

10/2000 - 05/2009

Diplom Informatiker, equivalent to MSc in Computer Science

Ilmenau University of Technology - Ilmenau, Germany

Thesis: Design and Refinement of NPC Rules in Digital Board Games.