Stefan Gering studied Electrical Engineering with focus on automation and control at Technical University of Darmstadt, where he received his diploma in 2012. He continued his studies at the Institute for Automatic Control and Mechatronics in Darmstadt and as visiting researcher at the European Centre for Soft Computing in Mieres (Spain). During his studies, he received scholarships from the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes” and the “Deutsche Telekom Stiftung”. After having obtained his Ph.D. in 2015, he joined the control engineering group at Bosch Corporate Research. Currently, his focus is on model predictive control for electric drive systems, and on control of micro electro mechanical systems.