As a parent, scientist, and citizen, the past three years have been challenging in many ways, mainly because of the confusing and unreliable data on which public information and political decision-making were based. The societal pressure for anyone raising doubts about the public narrative^​1​ and the perceived fast and loose labeling of dissenting voices as conspiracy theorists with right-wing ties has been taxing and worrisome.

Link to our paper on filtering mechanisms in masks submitted to “Environmental Research” https://zenodo.org/record/8251843

Wired magazin published an interesting article covering a recent paper of my dear co-author Dr. Michael Guenther which is worth reading

https://www.wired.com/story/why-even-the-fastest-human-cant-outrun-your-house-cat/

which bases on his recent paper

And there is also a very nice video about running top speed from WIRED’s “Almost Impossible” series

I got an e-mail a couple of weeks ago informing me that I have been awarded the “Reviewer of the Year” title of the IOP journal “Bioinspiration & Biomimetics” “in recognition of the high quality and timeliness of your reviews during the year.” I highly appreciate this recognition for five reviews throughout 2018.

I will be offering a new course on “Applied Biorobotics” next term at TU Munich. Check out the intro video.

More information and updates on the course website.