Summary

German space technology professor who founded IFEX - the first European academic institution to formally incorporate UAP into its research mandate - and deployed SONATE-2, a 6U CubeSat currently in orbit carrying onboard AI specifically trained to detect and classify anomalous objects. His SkyCAM AI camera is operational at the University of Wurzburg campus and his team participates in the DLR-funded VaMEx Mars mission with a camera tasked to search for anomalous phenomena in the Martian atmosphere.

Roles

• -Professor and Chair, Space Technology, University of Wurzburg (JMU)
• -Founder, IFEX (Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Extraterrestrial Studies)
• -Principal Investigator, SONATE-2 CubeSat Mission
• -Principal Investigator, SkyCAM UAP Ground Observatory

Organizations

Education

• -Dr.-Ing. (Engineering Doctorate), Space Technology
• -Professor, Department of Computer Science, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg

Early Career

• -Developed autonomous onboard processing and fault detection systems for spacecraft and nanosatellites
• -Established the Space Technology chair at JMU Wurzburg, building expertise in small satellite design, onboard AI, and anomaly detection for space systems