Marcus Magnor

Prof. Marcus Magnor is a full Professor of Computer Science at Technische Universität Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig), leading the Computer Graphics Lab. He also holds an adjunct professorship in Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico, USA. His academic journey includes a BA in Physics from Würzburg University (1995), an MS from the University of New Mexico (1997), and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Erlangen University (2000). He completed his habilitation in Computer Science at Saarland University in 2005, earning the venia legendi qualification.

His research focuses on visual computing, encompassing image formation, analysis, synthesis, and perception. Key areas include computer graphics, vision, computational photography, astrophysics visualization, and optics. He has pioneered work in multi-view video coding, free-viewpoint video, and planetary nebulae reconstruction.

Prof. Magnor has organized over 20 international conferences and workshops, including VMV 2023 and the Symposium on Visual Computing and Perception. He serves on editorial boards for journals like Computer Graphics Forum and has held leadership roles such as CS Department Chair at TU Braunschweig (2015–2019).

Awards include the Wissenschaftspreis Niedersachsen and recognition as a Fulbright Scholar. His outreach includes popular science lectures on topics like digital image manipulation and 3D cinema technology.