Embedded systems and computer networks
M.Sc. student at ETH Zurich
I write software close to the hardware and the network: firmware for microcontrollers, MAC and routing protocols, and the simulations and testbeds that show whether they hold up.
Ordered like a protocol stack, from firmware up to how I evaluate a system.
Bare-metal C and Zephyr RTOS on STM32 and nRF, UART, SPI, I²C, GNSS
MAC protocol design, listen-before-talk, Ethernet, LoRa
Routing protocol design, TCP/IP, congestion control
ns-3, OMNeT++ with FLoRa, Internet measurement, tests on real devices
C, C++, Python, Java, OCaml, Linux, Git, SQL
German, native. English, fluent.
The numbered blocks show which of the stack layers above a project works on: 1 firmware, 2 link, 3 network and transport, 4 evaluation.
Oct 2026 – present
Stack layers: Network and transport, Evaluation
Networked Systems Group, ETH Zurich
A measurement study on whether Internet flows actually compete for bandwidth. I am developing a congestion control algorithm that detects path contention and extending existing active measurement techniques.
Dec 2025 – present
Stack layers: Network and transport, Evaluation
Guided research project, Chair of Connected Mobility, TU Munich
Taking a published in-orbit distributed storage system (LEO-NET ’25) from an idealized simulator to packet-level ns-3 simulations with realistic orbital dynamics.
I identified the constraints that break the original design and developed a ring-based routing algorithm, with a conflict-free protocol for relocating the routing structure as satellites move.
Dec 2025 – Jun 2026
Stack layers: Firmware, Link, Network and transport
Working student, Infineon Technologies, Munich
Developed and debugged bare-metal Ethernet and TCP/IP communication software for networked, microcontroller-based control units.
Feb 2025 – Jun 2025
Stack layers: Firmware, Link, Evaluation
Bachelor thesis with Prof. Luca Benini, Center for Project-Based Learning, ETH Zurich
Zephyr firmware for nRF sensor nodes with GNSS-based real-time event detection, and a hybrid MAC protocol with listen-before-talk, exponential backoff and selective acknowledgements, validated in OMNeT++ with FLoRa and on real hardware.
Sep 2023 – Mar 2024
Stack layers: Firmware
Project Nautilus, ARIS Academic Space Initiative Switzerland
Implemented UART-based communication protocols for internal data exchange on STM32.
Sep 2026 – expected 2028
ETH Zurich
Current courses: Advanced Topics in Communication Networks, Network Security, Security of Wireless Networks.
Sep 2022 – Sep 2025
ETH Zurich
5.04 grade average on the Swiss scale, where 6.0 is the best grade
2015 – 2021
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Gymnasium, Berlin
1.0 final grade, the best possible, and the physics award of the German Physical Society (DPG)
I am open to internships, research collaborations and thesis projects in embedded systems and networking.