Tobias Oetermann has been working at the Institute of Automotive Engineering (ika) RWTH Aachen University since 2019. After studying mechanical engineering and automotive engineering at RWTH Aachen University, he decided to pursue his enthusiasm for research on innovative vehicle technologies as a PhD student and research assistant at ika. The interaction between human and machine is his main research focus. Accordingly, the topic of his dissertation is the investigation of the interaction between users and highly automated vehicles.