alumni-videos

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.

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.

FAU alumna Veronika Kamer works as a project manager at the Fürth agency da kapo and studied Book Studies and German at our FAU. Her tip to students: make contacts and keep your eyes open - while you're studying.

FAU alumna Johanna Strohmann is the head psychologist in the psychiatric department at the Klinikum am Europakanal Erlangen. In the latest edition of FAU Alumni #JobInsights, she shares, among other things, how she deals with emotional challenges and the hurdles she had to overcome after her studies.

As CEO of Siemens Healthineers, FAU alumnus Dr. Bernd Montag is a globally recognized figure and an outstanding pioneer in medical technology. He studied and earned his a Ph.D. in theoretical multi-particle physics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. In our alumni interview, he returns to the Faculty of Sciences, providing exclusive insights into his time as a student, his career path, and reveals the three things that make a perfect day for him.

Alina Zohner studied Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology at FAU and now works at Diehl Defence as a development engineer for signal processing and FPGA design. In the video she talks about her experiences during her studies and career as a woman in a male-dominated industry.

FAU alumni Wolfgang Bruder gives useful insights into his job as a geographer and consultant for bus and on-demand transport at the Ministry of Transport in Baden-Württemberg.

FAU alumna Dr. Chiara Seidl received her doctorate in art history from FAU and now advises private art collectors in New York on setting up and expanding their art collections. In the latest issue of FAU Alumni #JobInsights, Dr. Seidl provides insights into her job and reveals why networks and as much professional experience as possible are so important.

FAU alumnus Philipp Selzle is co-founder and managing director of the vegan restaurant chain “Kaspar Schmauser”. In the latest issue of the video interview series FAU Alumni #MyStory, the founder explains how he managed to keep up with the competition on the food market and why he is so happy to be returning to FAU.

What does a food chemist actually do? FAU alumna Nina Simon is laboratory manager at the Münchener Stadtentwässerung and in the latest edition of the FAU Alumni #JobInsights video series she gives tips on salary negotiations, job searches and preparing for the state exam.