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He can read minds – at least, it seems that way. FAU alumnus Christoph Kuch is a mentalist, speaker, and author. He studied business administration at FAU and is now returning to his old stomping grounds in the new episode of the video series FAU Alumni #MyStory. In the interview, Christoph Kuch provides a sample of his magical skills, shares his journey to becoming a mentalist, and offers fascinating insights into how his passion for business mathematics benefits him on stage.

FAU alumnus Daniel Kromm studied human medicine at our FAU and is currently working as a doctor in advanced training in cardiology at the Diakoniewerk Martha Maria in Nuremberg. In the video interview, he talks about how he found the start of his career and gives tips on exam preparation and work-life balance.

In addition to companies, FAU alumni also support dedicated students on their path to a successful degree completion and their first steps into the professional world with the Deutschlandstipendium, for example, through internships.

Using window films to sustainably protect buildings from heat - this is what FAU Alumna Katja Wadlinger and her team are working on in their start-up AMPERIAL. In the latest edition of our FAU Alumni #MyStory video series, Katja Wadlinger gives exclusive insights into the lab and explains how FAU helped her to found her company.

FAU alumnus Ralf Albers is a man of contrasts: in the late 1980s, he studied German and Latin in Erlangen. At the same time, he and fellow students founded the Folk rock band “Fiddler's Green”, which is still very successful today. Today, he teaches Latin at FAU during the day and in the evenings he and his band create a great atmosphere on the stages of Europe.

Work as a game? That's exactly what alumnus Philip Clas advises in the video interview for FAU Alumni #JobInsights. He studied Business Administration at FAU and gained professional experience in both start-ups and corporations. Today, he works as Digital and Marketing Chief Officer at the online sportswear store TEVEO.

Making the earth a better place with green AI – that is what FAU alumna and doctoral student Nora Gourmelon wants to do. She uses satellite images to analyze glacier ice. She studied computer science at FAU and is now working as a doctoral student at the Chair of Pattern Recognition. In the video interview, she provides insights into her research work, among other things.

We warmly invite all members of our FAU Community to take part in our Christmas raffle and, with a bit of luck, get two of four free tickets for the Schlossgartenfest 2025! We are also giving away one of our coveted FAU owls.

Our FAU Community is about to reach an exciting milestone: we will soon reach 15,000 members! We cordially invite you to become part of our dynamic and diverse community. The 15,000th member will win one of the coveted FAU Owls.

Alex Blania ist CEO of Tools for Humanity and founded the cryptocurrency World together with OpenAI founder Sam Altman. His ideas receive great attention worldwide. He studied physics and industrial engineering at our FAU. In the interview, Alex Blania gives personal insights into his time as a student, talks about his path to Silicon Valley and reveals what he would say to his childhood self today.