Why I Built This Website and What You Can Expect
For over a decade, my work has lived inside journal papers, conference proceedings, and simulation result files. Researchers who needed crystal plasticity expertise found me through ResearchGate or a colleague's recommendation. Students who wanted mentoring discovered me through institutional contacts. But the world of knowledge dissemination is changing, and I believe it is time to build a proper digital home for everything I do.
Why Now?
The answer is simple: impact requires visibility. My research in crystal plasticity simulation, metal forming, and microstructure characterization has produced over 39 publications and 1,230 citations. I have mentored PhD students across three continents and secured grants from some of the most competitive funding bodies in Europe and Asia, including DFG, Alexander von Humboldt, JSPS, DAAD, and Joachim Herz Foundation.
Yet most of this work is locked behind academic paywalls or buried in institutional profiles. This website changes that. It is my central platform for sharing expertise, attracting consulting inquiries, and building a community around computational materials science.
What I Bring to the Table
My core competence lies at the intersection of experiment and simulation. I use DAMASK for crystal plasticity finite element modeling, ABAQUS for large-scale metal forming and thermo-mechanical analysis, and MatCalc for thermodynamic phase transformation calculations. On the experimental side, I work with EBSD data through MTEX in MATLAB and develop custom analysis pipelines in Python.
This combination allows me to offer something rare: a consultant who understands both the physics inside the microstructure and the engineering demands of the forming process. Whether you are designing a new alloy, optimizing a rolling schedule, or trying to understand why a component failed in service, I can help you connect the dots from atoms to applications.
What to Expect on This Blog
This blog will serve multiple purposes. First, I will publish technical tutorials on simulation tools, particularly DAMASK setup and calibration, ABAQUS forming workflows, and MTEX texture analysis. These are the guides I wish I had when I started my PhD.
Second, I will share reflections on academic life, scientific writing strategies, and the grant application process. My experience running a Writing Club for over three years and designing the course "How to Write a Lot" has taught me that structured writing habits are the single most transferable research skill.
Third, I will write about multiscale modeling philosophy, the process-structure-property chain, and how emerging methods like phase field simulation and machine learning are reshaping materials science. These are the conversations happening at conferences, and I want to bring them here.
An Invitation
If you are a researcher struggling with a simulation setup, a PhD student looking for direction, an industry engineer facing a materials failure, or simply someone curious about how metals behave at the grain level, this site is for you. Browse the services section, explore the FAQ, and do not hesitate to reach out. Every serious inquiry gets a personal response.
Welcome to my digital workspace. Let us build something together.