Published numerous papers on new visualization and interaction techniques for multivariate data, temporal data, geo-spatial data, and graph data. Co-authored three books, including a book on the visualization of time-oriented data (2011, second edition 2023), a book focusing on interaction for visualization (2015), and a textbook on interactive visual data analysis (2020). Awards: Choice Outstanding Academic Titles 2022, AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention in Visualization (2022 and 2021), Best Paper Award IV 2019, Honorable Mention Poster Award at IEEE VIS 2018, Poster Honorable Mention EuroVis 2018, AMiner AI-10 Most Influential Scholar Award in Visualization Top 100 (2018), Best Paper Award EuroVis 2015, Computers & Graphics Top Cited Article 2010.
Research Experience
Currently a researcher at the Institute for Visual & Analytic Computing at the University of Rostock, Germany. Former interim head of the chair of Visual Analytics and Computer Graphics. Developed several visual analytics systems and tools, maintains the TimeViz Browser.
Education
Received his doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in 2006 and habilitation (Dr.-Ing. habil.) in 2015. In 2021, he was awarded the title of Professor (apl. Prof.) focusing on Human-Data Interaction.
Background
Research Interests: Visualization, multivariate data visualization, time-series visualization, geo-visualization, movement data visualization, graph visualization, etc. Professional Field: Visual Analytics, Human-Data Interaction.
Miscellany
Co-Organizer of Dagstuhl Seminar 25152 on Multi-Faceted Visual Process Mining.