Since 2016 Dr. Zimmer is working for SICK AG as a product manager and application engineer for 3D Snapshot cameras and their industrial applications. From 2010-2016 he worked as a researcher in the field of medical imaging and image processing with a focus on functional magnetic resonance imaging. He graduated with a work on image processing and analysis in the field of high-energy astrophysics and gravitational lensing.
Dr. Zimmer is fascinated by the current technological progress and success of 3D- and machine vision for industrial automation and enjoys being part of this development.