Dipl.-Psychologe Ansgar Bittermann studied at the world’s second oldest psychological institute in Göttingen, specializing in clinical psychology, and wrote his diploma thesis under Professor Grammer at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute in Vienna. He then worked and taught at the Technical University of Munich, researching how robots can recognize emotions in people.  

He received the Future Award and the German Multimedia Award for the development of online trainings to reduce racism based on psychological research. He also led an EU consortium under HORIZION 2020 to improve the time-to-market of innovations from psychological research.

He has held leadership positions in various companies across Europe for nearly 15 years and has also been a freelance consultant since 2019.