Marco Zimmerling

Marco Zimmerling is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt, specializing in cyber-physical systems with focus on wireless embedded systems. His research aims to design dependable, adaptive, and sustainable systems for the battery-free Internet of Things.

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from ETH Zurich (2015), Diploma in Computer Science from TU Dresden.

Research interests include battery-free IoT, wireless networked systems, concurrent transmissions, and dependable cyber-physical systems. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical implementations in sustainable computing.

Recent publications focus on energy-harvesting testbeds (Shepherd Nova), open-source platforms for battery-free devices (Riotee), and fault-tolerant networking. Key themes include energy efficiency, wireless protocols, and system reliability under constrained conditions.

Honors include ACM SIGBED Early Career Researcher Award (2022), Test-of-Time Award (SenSys 2022), Best Paper Awards (EWSN 2022, ICCPS 2019), and DFG Emmy Noether Grant (2018).

Leads research on sustainable IoT systems and wireless control networks, with projects spanning testbed development, protocol design, and real-world deployments.