Academic education:

• since Apr. 2021: Doctoral studies, University of Rostock, Computer Science (Data Visualisation)
• Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2017: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Design (Interface Design)
• Aug. 2012 - Feb. 2013: Semester abroad, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dise?o Gr¨¢fico
• Sep. 2010 - Feb. 2015: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of Applied Sciences Aachen, Communication Design

 Main areas of activity:

• Data visualisation and digital humanities
• Explorative Interfaces
• Cultural Collection Visualisation
• InfoVis Research
• Hierarchical data and networks
• Fluid interaction and animated transitions
• Cultural Heritage Data
• Omeka S Database
• Historical Network Analysis
• Co-Design

Awards:

• Design Award Brandenburg (2019): Winner Young Professional. F¨¹r  ?Reading Traces: Visualizing Fontane's Reference Library?.
• Information Is Beautiful Award (2015): Gold. F¨¹r ?Rare Earth Elements ¨C Infographic Series?.
• ADC Awards ¨C Corporate Publishing ¨C Extern (2015): Bronze. Mit dem Team von Golden Section Graphics, f¨¹r ?Saisonbrosch¨¹re des Symphonieorchesters des BR?.
• IIID Student Award (2014): Gold. F¨¹r ?Energy Infographics: Energiewende Indeland?.

• Academic assistant at UCLAB in the research project "GraDiM: Granularities of Dispersion and Materiality - Visualisation of a Photo Archive on Diaspora" with a focus on data visualisation and digital humanities

• Bludau, M.-J., D?rk, M., & Tominski, C. (2023). Unfolding Edges: Adding Context to Edges in Multivariate Graph Visualization. In Computer Graphics Forum (Vol. 42, No. 3).  
• Menzel, S., Bludau, M.-J., Leitner, E., D?rk, M., Moreno-Schneider, J., Petras, V., & Rehm, G. (2022). Graph Technologies for the Analysis of Historical Social Networks Using Heterogeneous Data Sources. Proceedings of Graph Technologies in the Humanities 2019 and 2020. Graph Technologies in the Humanities 2020, Vienna, AU, CEUR-WS.org, 
• Br¨¹ggemann, V., Bludau, M.-J., Pietsch, C., & D?rk, M. (2022). Von der Wolke zum Pfad:Vi Visuelle und assoziative Exploration zweier kultureller Sammlungen. DHd2022: Kulturen des digitalen Ged?chtnisses.
• Akhlaq, S., Ridley, A., Bludau, M.-J., & D?rk, M. (2022). Data Montage: Towards Coherence in Multimodal Data Representation. DH Benelux 2022: RE-MIX. Creation and alteration in DH.
• Bludau, M.-J., Halling, T., Holly, E. M., Wieloch, J., Schnaitter, H., Balck, S., Plakidis, M., Rehm, G., Fangerau, H., & D?rk, M. (2022). Was sehe ich? Visualisierungsstrategien f¨¹r Datentransparenz in der Historischen Netzwerkanalyse. DHd2022: Kulturen des digitalen Ged?chtnisses. 
• Bludau, M. J., D?rk, M., & Heidmann, F. (2021). Relational perspectives as situated visualizations of art collections. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 36(Supplement_2), ii17-ii29. 
• Bludau, M.-J., D?rk, M., & Tominski, C. (2021). Unfolding Edges for Exploring Multivariate Edge Attributes in Graphs. In J. By?ka, S. J?nicke, & J. Schmidt (Hrsg.), EuroVis 2021¡ªPosters. The Eurographics Association.
• Bludau, M. J., Br¨¹ggemann, V., Busch, A., & D?rk, M. (2020). Reading traces: Scalable Exploration in Elastic Visualizations of Cultural Heritage Data. In Computer Graphics Forum (Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 77-87).  
• Br¨¹ggemann, V., Bludau, M.-J., & D?rk, M. (2020). The Fold: Rethinking Interactivity in Data Visualization. DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly, 14(3). 
• Br¨¹ggemann, V., Bludau, M.-J., & D?rk, M. (2020). Zwischen Distanz und N?he. Formen der Betrachtung und Bewegung in (digitalen) Sammlungen. In Das digitale Objekt ¨C Zwischen Depot und Internet (Bd. 7, S. 115¨C123). Deutsches Museum Verlag. 
• Bludau, M.-J., D?rk, M., Fangerau, H., Halling, T., Leitner, E., Menzel, S., M¨¹ller, G., Petras, V., Rehm, G., Neudecker, C., Zellh?fer, D., & Moreno Schneider, J. (2020). SoNAR (IDH): Datenschnittstellen f¨¹r historische Netzwerkanalyse. In C. Sch?ch (Hrsg.), DHd 2020 Spielr?ume: Digital Humanities zwischen Modellierung und Interpretation. Konferenzabstracts. Tagung des Verbands Digital Humanities, March 2-6, Paderborn, Germany (S. 360¨C362). Verband Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum e.V.
• Braunschweiger, D., P¨¹tz, M., Heidmann, F., & Bludau, M. J. (2018). Mapping governance of adaptation to climate change in Switzerland. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 5(1), 398-401