Master's Theses

Ongoing Master's Theses

  • Escape and rescue options in the Munich Zerwirkgewölbe.
  • Protection of cultural artifacts and emergency planning at St. Michael in Bamberg.
  • Protection of cultural artifacts and emergency planning at the Gärtner- und Häckelmuseum (Gardening Museum) in Bamberg.
  • The mosaics in the Augsburg synagogue: an art-technological study.
  • Operational and training concept for Bavarian roll-off containers for cultural property protection.

Completed Final Theses

2026

  • Bachelor's thesis (second advisor, HAW Hamburg): Development of a criteria-based evaluation matrix for prioritizing cultural artifacts in the event of damage - a modified MCDA method employing Fuzzy Delphi AHP, using the UNESCO World Heritage city of Bamberg as an example

2025

  • Protection of cultural artifacts at the Diocesan Museum Bamberg
  • The Veit Stoß Altarpiece in the Bamberg Cathedral: an art-technological analysis.
  • The Renaissance Hall in Geyerswörth Palace: an art-technological analysis.

2024

  • A structural and material analysis of a façade of the former moated castle in Frensdorf near Bamberg.
  • Fire protection measures at the Museum Langmatt in Baden (Switzerland).
  • The historic murals in the New Abbey at St. Michael in Bamberg: an art-technological analysis.

2023

  • Cultural artifacts contaminated by arsenic: art-technological and scientific root-cause analysis using selected objects from the Germanic National Museum in Nurember as examples.
    • Awarded the PUSh Prize of the University of Bamberg in 2024
  • Pollutants in a historic defensive tower, Maxtormauer 19 in Nuremberg - analysis and evaluation.
  • The ‘Himmelsgarten’ ('Celestial Garden') in St. Michael in Bamberg: an art-technological study using minimally destructive methods.
    • Awarded the Denk-Mal Foundation Prize Bischberg/Bamberg in 2023
    • Awarded the PUSh Prize of the University of Bamberg in 2023

2022

  • Paint production in 19th century Franconia.