Activities in Science, Research, and University

International guest lectures and professorship

Visiting professor at the Università Iuav di Venezia, Seminar/Workshop TransForm 2017

Guest lecturer at universities in Krakow (Poland), Istanbul (Turkey), Milan (Italy), Porto (Portugal), Venice (Italy) and Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Scientific journals, book series and societies

• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Book Series "STORIA DEI METODI E DELLE FORME DI RAPPRESENTAZIONE", Aracne editrice, Roma
• Corresponding Editor of Nexus Network Journal. Architecture and Mathematics. Birkhäuser Basel, since 2019
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Publications Series Survey and Representation Researches, from Architectural Design to Industrial Design by Prof. Marcello Balzani, University of Ferrara (edited by Maggioli Editore, Rimini)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Book Series IGI GLOBAL Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Journal "Disegno" (UID - Unione Italiano Disegno)
• Member of the Editorial Board of “The Journal Biuletyn of Polish Society for Geometry and Engineering Graphics”
• Reviews for international journals, conferences and research projects on spatial concepts, geometry, design and representation
• Vice President of the German Society for Geometry and Graphics (DGfGG), 2007 - 2017
• President of the German Society for Geometry and Graphics (DGfGG), 2003 - 2007
• Member of the Board Committee of the ISGG (International Society for Geometry and Graphics) - Director Europe / Near East / Africa, 2009 - 2016, 2021 - today
• Member of the editorial board of the international journal Journal for Geometry and Graphics, since 1997

Conferences

• Member of Scientific Committee of the Conference "Nexus: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics" in Torino, Italy, June 2023
• Member of the ICGG 2022 Steering Committee and the Program Committee for the 20th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, São Paulo, Brazil, 15-19 August 2022
• Director of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of NEXUS 20/21: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics, international conference hosted by fatuk [Faculty of Architecture] TU Kaiserslautern and Kim Williams Books, 26-29 July 2021 
• Member of the Scientific Board of Congress of Unione Italiana per il Disegno, Reggio Calabria and Messina | 17-19 September 2020
• Member of the  ICGG 2020 International Program Committee for the 19th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, São Paulo, Brasilien, 9-13 August 2020
• Member of the International Scientific Committee Faces of Geometry, 11-12 May, 2020. Politecnico di Milano
• Member of the International Scientific Committee Faces of Geometry, 13 May, 2019. Politecnico di Milano
• Member of the Scientific Committee Geometrias'19. APROGED’S 5TH INTERNACIONAL CONFERENCE, 5th - 7th September, 2019, Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences of Porto’s University, Portugal
• Chair and Organization of RCA 2018 - Research Culture in Architecture - International Conference on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration, 27 - 28 September, 2018. Hosted by FATUK - Faculty of Architecture, TU Kaiserslautern
• Reviews for XV Congress of Italian Union for Drawing (UID) MILANO, September 2018 RAPPRESENTAZIONE/MATERIALE/IMMATERIALE Drawing as (in)tangible representation
• Member of the Steering Committee of the 18th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, Milano, Italy, August 2018
• Member of the Scientific Committee MONGEOMETRIJA 2018, 6th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics 6-9 June 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Conference "Nexus: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics" in Pisa, Italy,  June 2018
• Reviews for XIV Congress of the Italian Union for Drawing (UID) Naples, 14‐15‐16 September 2017 TERRITORIES and FRONTIERS of REPRESENTATION
• Member of the Scientific Committees Geometrias'17, Thinking, Dawing, Modelling. Coimbra, Portugal, June 2017
• Member of the Conference Committee of the 17th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, Beijing, China, August 2016
• Member of the Scientific Committee Architecture In-Play Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2016
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the 11th international, interdisciplinary Nexus conference for architecture and mathematics Nexus 2016: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics in San Sebastián, Spain, June 2016
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the international Conference GEOMETRIAS & GRAPHICA 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal, October 2015
• Member of the scientific Committee of the 10th Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geometrie und Grafik (DGfGG) "Die Basis der Vielfalt - Geometrie als Grundlage und Anregung des Denkens", KIT Karlsruhe,  March 2015
• Member of the Program Committee of the 16th ICGG (International Conference on Geometry and Graphics) 2014 in Innsbruck, Austria
• Organization und Chair of the 9th Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geometrie und Grafik (DGfGG) "über form und struktur - aktuelle anforderungen an die geometrie" TU Kaiserslautern, March 2013
• Member of the ISGG Executive Board of the 15th ICGG (International Conference on Geometry and Graphics) 2012 in Montreal, Canada
• Participation at Round table: "Descriptive Geometry and/or Computer Technology? What mathematics for doing and understanding architecture?", Nexus Conference in Milano 2012
• Member of the Scientific Committee of Nexus Ph.D. Day - Nexus 2012 Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics, Milano 2012
• Participation at Podiumsdiskussion zur Ausbildung in Darstellungsmethoden at the 8th Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geometrie und Grafik (DGfGG) "beyond rendering berlin 2012 - aktuelle methoden der darstellung", May 2012
• Member of the International Scientific Committee of ICEGD 2011 - International Conference on Engineering Graphics and Design - Sustainable Eco Design, 2011 in Iasi, Romania.
• Member of the ISGG Executive Board der 14th ICGG (International Conference on Geometry and Graphocs) 2010 in Kyoto, Japan
• Member of the International Programme Committee of the 10th International Conference BALTGRAF, 2009 in Vilnius, Lithuania
• Member of the Scientific Committee of GRAPHICA 2009, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil
• Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 13^th ICGG (International Conference on Geometry and Graphics) 2008 in Dresden, Germany
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the 9th International Conference Geometry and Engineering Graphics BALTGRAF, 2008 in Riga, Latvia
• Vice-Chairman of the International Steering Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Graphics and Design - ICEGD 2007 in Galati, Rumänien
• Member of the International Steering Committee of the 12th ICGG (International Conference on Geometry and Graphics) 2006 in Salvador Bahia, Brazil
• Member of the International Program Committee of the International Conference on Engineering Graphics and Design – ICEGD 2005 in Bukarest, Romania
• Member of the International Steering Committe of the 11th ICGG (International Conference on Geometry and Graphics) 2004 in Guangzhou, China
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the GRAPHICA (International Conference on Graphics Engineering for Arts and Design) 2001 in São Paulo, Brazil
• Member of the International Steering Committee of the 8th ICECGDG (International Conference of Engineering Computer Graphics and Descriptive Geometry) 1998 in Austin/Texas (USA)

Summer schools

• Participation in the DAAD Summer School in Buenos Aires, Argentina "Structure - Sculpture" or "Estructura - Escultura", March 2012
• Initiation and coordination of the Erasmus intensive program "Structural Architectures - Geometry, Code and Design" - Summer Schools Milano 2011, Kaiserslautern 2012
  Technical University of Kaiserslautern

TU Kaiserslautern

• Member of the committee for studies and teaching of the architecture faculty
• Member of the faculty council of the architecture faculty 
• Member of the Steering Committee for Teaching 
• Member of the Senate Committee for Women's Issues / Gender equality
• Participation in the women's council
• Founding and participation in the ARUBIa working group - women research, plan, build
• Art Gallery AG

Memberships

• German Mathematicians Association (DMV)
• International Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG)
• German Society for Geometry and Graphics (DGfGG)
• Member of the scientific advisory board of the Association for Scientific Semiotics (until 2010)