alumni-videos

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.

Managing editor - sounds exciting? Leonie Maderstein is managing editor at the TV show "ARD Buffet" and studied  Theater and Media Studies at FAU. In the FAU Alumni managements new career format FAU Alumni #JobInsights, she gives tips on starting a career and also talks about a topic that probably most people know: Self-doubt.

Forbes magazine listed her among the top "30 Under 30" in "Leadership": Aya Jaff. The well-known FAU alumna is a programmer, author and entrepreneur. She studied business informatics, economics and sinology at FAU. In our video interview "FAU Alumni #MyStory", Aya Jaff talks about her time at FAU and her career path.

He is the second most traveled person in the world and one of the most sought-after travel photographers: FAU alumnus Michael Runkel. In this video he returns to FAU after 20 years and talks about his time at FAU, the special features of his pictures and the stories from his travels.

Thanks to him there is an effective vaccination against cervical cancer: FAU research alumnus Prof. Dr. Harold zur Hausen. In an interview, the virologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine explains, among other things, how he laid the foundations for research on HP viruses at FAU, what still connects him with FAU and what has changed for him as a result of the Nobel Prize.

FAU alumnus Daniel Teichmann is one of the leading hydrogen experts and founder and CEO of Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies. In the video, he provides insights into his student days and tells how his company went from start-up to world market leader in the hydrogen industry.