**Andreas Strohmayer**

Andreas Strohmayer is a professor of aircraft design at the Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart, with a research focus on manned (hybrid) electric flight ("Icaré 2" and "e-Genius") and scaled UAS flight testing. He studied Aeronautical Engineering at TU Munich and graduated in 2001 under Dr. Ing in the field of conceptual aircraft design. From 2002 to 2008, he was director of Grob Aerospace in Mindelheim, Germany, responsible for the design, production, and support of the Grob fleet of all-composite aircraft: specifically, the development of a four-seat aerobatic turboprop, a seven-seat turboprop, and the SPn business jet. From 2009 to 2013, he was program director for a 19-seater commuter aircraft project at Sky Aircraft in Metz, France, and then VP Programs at SST Flugtechnik in Memmingen, Germany, setting up an EASA-approved design organization holding the TC for a six-seater all-composite turbo-prop aircraft. He then left the industry to join the University of Stuttgart in 2015, teaching aircraft design and promoting electric flight. In 2016, he became a member of the Board of Directors of the European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN); since 2019, he has been an EASN Chairman. In this position, he also represents academia in the ACARE General Assembly.
