CV

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Contact Information

Name Robert Richer
Professional Title Postdoctoral Researcher · Research Group Leader "Digital Health – PsychoSense"
Email robert.richer@fau.de
Location Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen, 91052
Website https://richrobe.github.io

Professional Summary

Research and Collaborations My research focuses on sensor-driven stress assessment, digital psychotherapeutic tools, and open-source infrastructures at the interface of biopsychology and artificial intelligence. Alongside acquiring funding for my own research program, including support by the Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI) of fau (2026–2027, EUR 14.9k), I contributed to successful grant applications for several competitive research projects, such as the CRC EmpkinS (2021–2025) and the bidt-funded Digitalization College Applied Data Science in Digital Psychology (2022–2026). Research collaborations: I maintain active collaborations with leading national and international research groups, including Charité Berlin (Prof. Dr. Sonja Entringer), University of Bonn (Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun), and the NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Prof. Dr. Katharina Schultebraucks). Industry collaborations: I collaborate with several industry partners to translate research findings into practical applications, including BEE Medic GmbH, tVNS Technologies GmbH and Empatica Inc.

Experience

  • 2025 -

    Munich, Germany

    Affiliated Member
    mcml
  • 2025 -

    Erlangen, Germany

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    madlab, faulong
  • 2024 -

    Mannheim, Germany

    Guest Researcher
    cimh
  • 2023 -

    Erlangen, Germany

    Research Group Leader "Digital Health – PsychoSense"
    madlab, faulong
  • 2023 -

    New York City, NY, USA

    Visiting Researcher
    Department of Psychiatry and Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • 2018 -

    Erlangen, Germany

    CEO (Geschäftsführer)
    Portabiles GmbH (Spin-Off of madlab)
  • 2017 - 2025

    Erlangen, Germany

    Doctoral Researcher
    madlab, faulong
  • 2016 - 2017

    Cambridge, MA, USA

    Visiting Student & Research Assistant
    Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Lab
  • 2011 - 2017

    Erlangen, Germany

    Student Assistant (from 06/2015: Scientific Assistant)
    Central Institute for Healthcare Engineering (ZiMT) & Pattern Recognition Lab, faulong

Education

  • 2017 - 2025

    Erlangen, Germany

    PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in Computer Science (grade: with distinction)
    faulong
    • Dissertation: Digital Health Psychology – Wearable and Mobile Technologies to Advance Biopsychological Stress Research
    • Committee: Prof. Dr. Bjoern Eskofier (madlab, FAU), Prof. Dr. Nicolas Rohleder (Chair of Health Psychology, FAU), Prof. Dr. Bjoern W. Schuller (Technical University Munich)
  • 2015 - 2017

    Erlangen, Germany

    Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Medical Engineering (grade: with distinction)
    faulong
    • Master’s Thesis: Exploring Interaction Concepts for a Context-aware Smart Office Prototype
    • Advisors: Prof. Dr. Bjoern Eskofier (madlab, FAU), Prof. Dr. Joseph A. Paradiso (Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Lab)
  • 2011 - 2015

    Erlangen, Germany

    Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Medical Engineering
    faulong
    • Bachelor’s Thesis: Novel Human Computer Interaction Concepts for Cardiac Feedback using Google Glass and Android Wear
    • Advisor: Prof. Dr. Bjoern Eskofier (madlab, FAU)

Academic Interests

Digital health and stress research:
Biomedical machine learning:
Open science and software:

Projects

  • Digital Health – PsychoSense

    Research program on digital biomarkers, stress assessment, and psychotherapeutic technologies.

  • Contactless Health Monitoring

    Biomedical sensing projects using radar, motion capture, and wearable systems.

  • Open-Source Research Infrastructure

    Reproducible academic software, publication pipelines, and shared research tooling.