Area of activity: Numerical simulations in reference to optical self-imaging effects in photonic crystals and plasmonic waveguide structures Education: University of Paderborn Electrical Engineering Diplom Ingenieur 2005-09 - 2010-09 Student assistant: C-LAB department for Optical Interconection Technologies (2006-09 – 2010-09) Final Thesis: Evaluation of a RayTracing Method for the Simulation of the Wave Interference Phenomena in Multimode Waveguides