Lars Richter was born on October 22nd, 1982, in Lübeck, Germany. After his military service, he studied Computer Science at the University of Lübeck (Lübeck, Germany), where he focused on robotics, automation and medical
applications. In 2008, he graduated from the University of Lübeck with a Diploma in Computer Science, minoring new media IT.

From 2008, he was a PhD student, supported by Germany’s Excellence Initiative, at the Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems and at the Graduate School for Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences, both at the University of Lübeck, Germany. He worked on robotized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and its safe clinical application, and graduated from this university with a Ph.D in
2012.

Currently, he is a Senior Engineer at EUROIMMUN AG, where he works on laboratory automation for highly sensitive and specific diagnosis of autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and allergies.