Christian Krause

Roy Lichtenheldt is a research engineer at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. He received his Master degree in Mechatronics from Ilmenau University of Technology. During his work on several planetary exploration missions he obtained his Ph.D. from Ilmenau University of Technology in the field of dynamic simulations. In the institute he is responsible for high fidelity simulations in planetary exploration, terramechanics and the development of HPC DEM software. He is in charge of the dynamical simulations of the Insight HP3-Mole and contributes to MASCOT and the ROBEX (Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments) Helmholtz Alliance. He is also responsible for the wheel design of the Phobos rover in the MMX mission and serves as project lead and systems engineer for a novel scouting rover.