Diploma in Physics from GeorgAugustUniversitat Gottingen 2005 2011.Research fellow at Fraunhofer EMI 20112015.Ph.D. on FullField Surface Pressure Reconstruction Using Deflectometry and the Virtual Fields Method from the University of Southampton 2015 2019.Professional ExperiencePostdoctoral Fellow at NTNU Trondheim 2019 2023.Project Manager for Seakeeping at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands MARIN 2023 present.PublicationsAdvancements in fullfield pressure reconstruction of waterwave impactJournal of Sound and Vibration202507 Journal articleDOI 10.1016j.jsv.2025.119048Contributors R. Kaufmann V. AuneReconstruction of surface pressures on flat plates impacted by blast waves using the Virtual Fields MethodInternational Journal of Impact Engineering202301 Journal articleDOI 10.1016j.ijimpeng.2022.104369Contributors Rene Kaufmann Sindre Nordmark Olufsen Egil Fagerholt Vegard AuneSurface Pressure Reconstruction from Phase Averaged Deflectometry Measurements Using the Virtual Fields MethodExperimental Mechanics20200318 Journal articleDOI 10.1007s11340019005646Contributors R. Kaufmann B. Ganapathisubramani F. PierronReconstruction of surfacepressure fluctuations using deflectometry and the virtual fields methodExperiments in Fluids202002 Journal articleDOI 10.1007s003480192850yContributors R. Kaufmann B. Ganapathisubramani F. PierronCrossrefFullField Surface Pressure Reconstruction Using the Virtual Fields MethodExperimental Mechanics20191024 Journal articleDOI 10.1007s11340019005302Contributors R. Kaufmann B. Ganapathisubramani F. Pierron