Monika Freunek

Dr.-Ing. Monika Freunek is an experienced researcher and lecturer, project manager, and executive leader in the fields of critical infrastructures, IoT cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. She is the founder of Lighthouse Science Consultng and Technologies Inc. and a Research Fellowship Alumni of the Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst Fellowship Program with Toronto Metropolitan University. Her previous research experience includes scientific work for IBM Research, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and the Albert-Ludwig-University of Freiburg, Germany. As an industry professional, she has been responsible in a variety of positions for cybersecurity and data science, focusing on IoT systems in the energy infrastructure. Dr.-Ing. Monika Freunek has published more than 50 articles, book chapters, books, and patents in the fields of energy and IoT systems, microsystems technologies, cybersecurity, data science, and machine learning. She is passionate about making science and technology accessible to everyone and enabling dialogue between disciplines.