alumni-videos

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.

Doing a doctorate after completing your studies – many people ask themselves whether this is the right path. Also FAU alumnus Dr. Dominic Lindner was faced with this question and decided to do his doctorate at the FAU Chair of IT Management. Today Dr. Lindner works as an independent management consultant and as a project manager at the IT service provider noris network. In the video interview he tells us how his personal journey went and gives helpful tips.

She is a member of the Bundestag and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance: FAU alumna Katja Hessel. In addition to her job as a politician, Katja Hessel also works as a lawyer in her own law firm. In the video interview, she tells anecdotes from her first day in the Bundestag and reveals more about her time studying at FAU.

She studied physics at FAU, was "Wettkönigin" on the TV show “Wetten,dass…?” and lived in China for a few years: FAU alumna Ines Brunn. In an interview with the FAU Alumni Management, she shows us her television appearance on “Wetten,dass…?”, talks about her time as a student and reveals why she became a real celebrity in China.

FAU Alumnus Michael Kobr has been writing the popular detective stories about Inspector Kluftinger with his school friend Peter Klüpfel for 20 years. Already during his studies at FAU, he was praised for his writing talent in term papers and exams. In an interview with the FAU Alumni management, he tells us how he became a crime novel author and a lot more.

FAU alumni live and work all over the world - including Martin Grosse. He was a law student and now works independently in the HR industry. He explains how he found his way in the video series FAU Alumni #JobInsights.