Diplom-Informatiker (M.Sc. in Computer Science) from University of Hagen in 2000, focused on artificial intelligence
Diplom-Ingenieur Elektrotechnik (M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering) from TU Munich in 2001, majoring in automation & control
Visited National University of Singapore as a student for two semesters (2000–2001)
Earned a second M.Sc. in Computer Science (focus: Machine Learning) and an M.Sc. in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (focus: nonlinear dynamics) from University of Southern California (USC)
Was a visiting research student at the German Aerospace Center (Robotics Dept.), Siemens Advanced Engineering (Singapore), and ATR Computational Neuroscience (Japan)