is a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films in Braunschweig, Germany. He studied physics at the Philipps-University Marburg and graduated in 2008 with a diploma thesis on surface science. Fascinated in transferring research results to application, he completed his doctoral thesis on the development of tool coatings at the Technical University Braunschweig in 2015. His main research interests are hard and wear resistant multifunctional coatings for industrial tools and components and their deposition by PVD and PECVD processes.