Scientist, inventor, and leader of cutting edge research
- 2023 – Current Founder and Managing Member, Magimine, LLC, Simi Valley, CA, USA
- 2022 – 2023 Director of Machine Learning, Numenta, Inc, Redwood City, CA, USA
- 2020 – 2022 Research Department Manager, Autonomous Intelligence, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory, HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA, USA
- 2016 – 2020 Autonomy Computing Center Lead, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory, HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA, USA
- 2010 – 2015 Research staff and project manager, Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory, HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA, USA
- 2009 – 2009 Post-doctoral research fellow, Brain-Body Dynamics Lab, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA
- 2008 – 2023 Founder at Annie Wang Publications, Pasadena/Simi Valley, CA, USA
- 2007 – 2008 Post-doctoral research fellow, Computational Learning and Motor Control Lab, Computer Science, University of Southern California, USA, supported by German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2006 – 2006 Post-doctoral research fellow, IPAB, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Dec 2004 PhD in machine learning and robotics (grade: summa cum laude), Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Germany
- 2001 – 2005 Research fellow, Cognitive Robotics group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich, Germany
- 2001 – 2001 Visiting scholar, Gravity Wave group, Dept. of Physics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Nov 2000 Diploma (MSc) in physics, Heidelberg University
- 1998 – 1999 Exchange student (courses in physics, math, neuroscience, and acting), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
- 1997 – 2000 Student of physics, Heidelberg University, Germany
- 1996 – 1997 Student of physics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
- 1995 – 1996 Reached final round in national (German) mathematics competition (Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik)