Team
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Dr. rer. nat. Panteleïmon Panagiotou
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Munich
Dr. rer. nat. Panteleïmon Panagiotou
Head of Unit
Phone: +49 89 9901888-130
Email:
panagiotou@bayfor.org
Curriculum vitae
Positions Held
2013 - now
Member of the EU Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (Unit D3)'s High Level Group Nano & Materials - in this capacity representing Bavarian interests
2007 - now
Head of Unit Information & Communication Technologies, Engineering & Natural Sciences, Bavarian Research Alliance
2004 - 2005
Postdoctoral research fellow at DESY in Hamburg, at ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) and at ILL (Institut Laue-Langevin) in Grenoble
2001 - 2006
PhD in the field of physics at Technische Universität München; Characterisation of the surface structure and morphology of thin polymer blends by scanning force microscopy, neutron and synchrotron scattering.
2000 - 2001
Scientific employee at the Institute for Physical Chemistry at University of Bayreuth and at the Institute for Physical Chemistry & Electrochemistry at Leibniz Universität Hannover
1999 - 2000
Diploma thesis in physical chemistry at University of Bayreuth
1996
Undergraduate research fellow at CNRS (Laboratoire de Chimie de Surface) in Lyon, France
1995 - 1996
Studies abroad at École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon
1992 - 2000
Study of chemistry at University of Bayreuth
Dr. Nico Riemann
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Nuremberg
Dr. Nico Riemann
Scientific Officer and Deputy Head of Unit
- Production
- Transport
Phone: +49 911 50715-910
Email:
riemann@bayfor.org
Curriculum vitae
Positions Held
2011 - to date
Scientific Officer for Information & Communication Technologies, Engineering & Natural Sciences at Bavarian Research Alliance
2008 - 2010
National Contact Point for Production at Projektträger Karlsruhe, Produktion und Fertigungstechnologien (PTKA-PFT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2006 - 2008
Research Assoicate at Molcad GmbH: Planning, organisation and work-out of projects concerning numerical modelling of molecular properties and bio-mineralisation
2002 - 2005
PhD in Bioinformatics at Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie Jena, today Leibnitz-Institut für Altersforschung, and at International University Bremen, today Jacobs University. (Topic: Development of numerical simulation models and Homology modelling of proteins.);
Publications: "Refinement of protein cores and protein-protein interfaces using a potential scaling approach." Protein Engineering 18(10): 465-476 (2005); "Reversible scaling of dihedral angle barriers during molecular dynamics to improve structure prediction of cyclic peptides." J. Peptide Res. 63, 354-364 (2004)
2000 - 2001
Research Associate in semiconductor physics at Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Publication "Density dependent intersubband absorption in strongly disordered systems", Phys. Rev. B 65, 115304 (2002)
1993 - 2000
Diploma in Physics at Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Thesis connected to Intersubband transitions in doped semiconductors
MBA Gabriela Blumberger
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Munich
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
MBA Gabriela Blumberger
Scientific Officer and Project Manager
- EU project HyFlow
Phone: +49 89 9901888-0 bzw. direkt: -132
Email:
blumberger@bayfor.org
Curriculum vitae
Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Dan Gutu
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Munich
Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Dan Gutu
Scientific Officer
- Information and communication technologies
- Space
Phone: +49 89 9901888-136
Email:
gutu@bayfor.org
Curriculum vitae
Positions Held
2015 - present
Scientific Officer for Information and Communication Technologies at Bavarian Research Alliance
2010 - 2014
Research Associate at the <link https: www.kit.edu english index.php _blank>KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Architecture
2009 - 2010
Research Associate at the FZI Research Center for Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2002 - 2009
Research Associate at the University Karlsruhe, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
1998 - 2002
Study of Industrial Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, focus cooperate planning
1997 - 1998
DAAD scholar at the University Trier
1994 - 1997
Study of Industrial Engineering at the Politehnica University Bucharest, focus electronics and communications engineering
Dipl.-Ing. Robert Iberl
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Munich
Dipl.-Ing. Robert Iberl
Scientific Officer
- Information and communication technologies
Phone: +49 89 9901888-131
Email:
iberl@bayfor.org
Curriculum vitae
Essentials
- Huge know-how with the lead of complex telecommunication projects (< 3 Mio. €)
- Lead of international, interfunctional teams (development, sales, marketing, service)
- Many years of experience in intercultural teams
- Responsible for the market introduction of innovative products in the IP area (T-mobile, VDF, etc.)
- Many years of project management experience with regards to control, coordinate and results checking in many different customer projects
Positions Held
10/2012 - to date
Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR), Munich
Scientific Officer, Information and Communication TechnologiesResponsibility to support Bavarian Universities, SMEs and the Industry in getting European funding for their research topics.
06/2012 - 09/2012
Voluntary entry in NSN's professional re-orientation company
04/2010 - 05/2012
Nokia Siemens Networks LLC (NSN), Munich
Senior Product Manager - Voice & IP / Go-to- market / VoLTE
08/2007 - 03/2010
Senior Product Manager – IMS / VoIP / + Training, Munich
04/2007 - 08/2007
Strategy and Business development, Munich
10/2002 - 03/2007
Siemens Inc., Munich
Project Head for Vodafone / Vodacom and Verizon, USA and South Africa
01/2000 - 09/2002
System Architect, Vodafone Group, Munich and worldwide
10/1995 - 12/1999
Technical Project Leader for Satelite networks, USA
01/1992 - 09/1995
System Integrator
01/1991 - 12/1991
Ericsson Inc., Sweden
GSM specialist with regards to core and radio networks
12/1987 - 12/1990
Siemens Inc., Munich
Development engineer, C450 cell phone system
1986 - 1987
Diploma thesis for Ink Jet printers
1982 - 1986
Study of Electronics Engineering at University in Munich
Selection of Projects
Position: Product Manager, Go-to-market (IMS, FMC)
Customer: Vodafone Romania
Duration: 10/2010 – 03/2011
Skills: Analysis, Specifications, Test strategy, Realization, Implementation
Software / Tools: Microsoft Office, Project
Description:
- Change TDM Core Network into IP based systems
- Analysis of ´legacy´ Hardware and Software
- Realize solution with ATCA based hardware
- Implementation of IMS, at first as ´Hosted Solution´ with VDF Italy
Position: Head of Project
Customer: VODACOM Inc.
Duration: 10/2003 – 08/2005
Skills: Analysis, Specifications, Test strategy, Realization, Implementation
Software / Tools: Microsoft Office, Project, SAP/R3
Description:
- Introduction of a UMTS Core – and Radio System
- Competitor analysis
- Migration strategy
- Implementation of the first UMTS network on the African continent
Position: Technical Project Leader
Customer: IRIDIUM LLC.
Duration: 10/1995 – 10/1998
Skills: Analysis, Specification, Test strategy, Realization, Implementation
Software / Tools: Microsoft Office, Project, K1197 Protokolltester, D900 Tracing Tools
Description:
- IRIDIUM-satellite interface to be analyzed
- Set-up functional specification
- Software implementation and test
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Dr. rer. nat. Daniel Kießling
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Nuremberg
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Dr. rer. nat. Daniel Kießling
Scientific Officer
- Nanotechnology and materials
- Energy-efficient buildings and green vehicles
- EU project HyFlow
Phone: +49 911 50715-920
Email:
kiessling@bayfor.org
Curriculum vitae
Positions Held
12/2012
Successful defense of the doctoral thesis
02/2012
Scientific Officer at the Bavarian Research Alliance
03/2010
Acceptance to "Graduate School Advanced Materials and Processes" (Cluster of Excellence Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM))
11/2006
Research fellow at Physical Chemistry – Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) - Prof. Dr. Dirk Guldi
Topic: "Carbon Structured Model Systems for Photovoltaic Applications"
11/2005 - 07/2006
Master´s degree in Molecular Science at FAU after 6 month research at Tel Aviv University - Israel
Topic: "Fluidic Alignment of Nanotube Structures for Nano-electronic Devices and Application"
09/2004 - 10/2005
Master programme "Molecular Science" in Erlangen (FAU). Emphasis on "Molecular Nanoscience", "Physical Chemistry" and "Theoretical Chemistry"
09/2001 - 09/2004
Bachelor programme "Molecular Science" in Erlangen (FAU).
Bachelor Thesis: "Analysis of CO Oxidation on Pt(335) via molecular beam method"
Felix Darius
Student assistant/ ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Munich
Student assistant/ ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
MBA Simone Wiegand
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
Munich
ICT, Engineering & Natural Sciences
MBA Simone Wiegand
Project Manager
- EU project InShaPe
- EU project NEBourhood
Phone: +49 89 9901888-134
Email:
wiegand@bayfor.org
Curriculum vitae
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