PhD defense of Maik Pfefferkorn

April 20th, 2026: Maik Pfefferkorn successfully defends his dissertation!

2026/04/21

Under the watchful eyes and ears of Athena and the examination board, Mr. Pfefferkorn gave his presentation and was intensively tested in his knowledge.

The title of Mr. Pfefferkorn's PhD thesis is: “Model Predictive Control under Uncertainty: Safe and Stable Stochastic and Gaussian-Process-Based Formulations”

Board of examiners:
Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vahid Jamali
Academic Referees : Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Findeisen, Prof. Richard D. Braatz (MIT, Chemical Engineering)
Examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Hoog Antink

Congratulations to Maik Pfefferkorn from all of us!