Paul Manstetten was born in Berlin, Germany. He studied Mechatronics at the University of Applied Sciences Regensburg (Dipl.-Ing.) and Computational Engineering at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (MSc). After three years as an application engineer for optical simulations at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors in Regensburg, he joined the Institute for Microelectronics in 2015 as a project assistant. He finished his PhD studies (Dr.techn.) in 2018 and was employed as a postdoctoral researcher on high performance computing methods for semiconductor process simulations until 2022. Starting 2019, his activities include teaching assignments with a focus on C/C++ and numerical methods for scientific computing. Currently, his main focus is supporting the restructuring and expansion of the bachelor's program Electrical Engineering and Information Technology w.r.t. the programming lectures lead by the Institute for Microelectronics.