Lars graduated as an engineer for media technology from the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany in 2003. After his graduation he worked for three years as a lecturer in the department of Interface Design at the Bauhaus University in Weimar where he held courses in the design of digital media for museums as well as in software design of interactive systems. During his time in Weimar, Lars was also involved in the design and implementation of the project "Digitales Osmantinum" a location-based PDA guide for a local literature museum. Funded by a Marie-Curie fellowship, Lars joined the EPOCH/CHIRON research group at the University of Brighton in January 2007 as a research fellow and specialized upon the application of user-created content in museums and cultural heritage. As a part of his PhD thesis at the Bauhaus-University Weimar, his research focussed upon the connection of virtual and real world museums and productive interactions between museums and their visitors/users. In 2009, Lars worked as an independent consultant for user-contributions in museums and cultural heritage in France before becoming a part of the HARDMUT II project team at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin where he currently develops engaging applications for a mobile museum.