Anton Theileis

Engineer Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (B.Sc.)

Working Fields

• Technology development: In situ camera systems (PIScO - Plankton Imaging with Scanning Optics, ProPel - Profiling Pelagic In Situ Observation System)
• Planning and Integration of Camera-Systems in Deep-Sea Pressure-Housings

Ongoing projects

• SEA-THROUGH - Novel in situ imaging technology to explore the “ladder of vertical migrations” to the deep-sea
• MINI-HAWK - Development of a miniaturized high-resolution underwater camera for monitoring of aquatic biodiversity (BMBF)

Education and Employment

• since 2018 : Geomar Helmholtz Zentrum Kiel, Engineer ( Cameradevelopment)
• 2014-2018: Technische Universität München, Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering and Information Technology )
• 2017-2018: Working Student at Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH (ARRI), München
• 2012-2016: Technician at PV LAB Germany GmbH, Potsdam
• 2005-2011: Universität der Künste, Berlin, Master in Sculpture / New Media

Awards and publications

• 2022: GEOMAR prize for granted patent: “all-in-focus” plankton imaging method (DE 10 2021 109 153 A1)
• 2020: GEOMAR Innovation Award for the development of the “all-in-focus” plankton imaging method
• Taucher, J., Dausmann, V. & Theileis, A (2022). Verfahren zur verbesserten optischen Auflösung in großen Messvolumina bei der telezentrischen Shadowgraphie und Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens. Patent ID: DE 10 2021 109 153 A1