Jan Walter Schroeder
Human Spaceflight
Life Support Systems Engineer
After finishing his military service in 2003 Walter studied Medical Informatics at the University of Heidelberg / University of Heilbronn and spent one semester in Valencia/Spain and one semester in Taipei/Taiwan.
His diploma thesis in Taipei dealt with dynamic 3D surface reconstructions and volume recovery for medical use and was accepted for several publications in Taiwan and the USA.
During his studies Walter worked for the SAP AG as a temporary employee in data mining and was a scientific and teaching assistant for programming assignments at his university.
Walter is an alumnus of the CVA Summer School in Heilbronn where he participated in 2007.
In 2008 he joined CTAE in the field of Human Spaceflight & Advanced Concepts as a Life Support Systems Engineer.
Walter likes global trotting and to explore new cultures, but always keeps an eye on his little brothers and his little sister that are living in his hometown Ludwigshafen in Germany. Besides his mother language he can speak English, Spanish, French and some Mandarin. His private interests are litterae humaniores, rhythmic dance and motorbikes.