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title: Introducing Florian Bayer, Senior Biomedical R&D Engineer
description: "Florian Bayer joins machineMD as Senior Biomedical R&D Engineer.\nWith a background in psychology and computer science from the University of Giessen and experience at Carl Zeiss and Facebook Reality Labs, Florian brings together vision science, engineering, and hands-on technology development."
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# [Introducing Florian Bayer, Senior Biomedical R&D Engineer](https://www.machinemd.com/news/introducing-florian-bayer-senior-biomedical-rd-engineer)

 Written by [machineMD](https://www.machinemd.com/news/author/machinemd) | Nov 5, 2026

We are delighted to welcome [Florian Bayer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-bayer-b61025407/) to machineMD as Senior Biomedical R&D Engineer.

With a background in psychology and computer science from the University of Giessen and experience at Carl Zeiss and Facebook Reality Labs, Florian brings together vision science, engineering, and hands-on technology development. His work has ranged from robotic 3D sensing for industrial inspection to vision research for AR glasses and the study of gaze behavior in virtual and real environments.

In this article, Florian shares what sparked his interest in human vision, how AI has changed his field, and what attracted him to machineMD. He also reveals why a university garden became one of his most rewarding projects outside of work.

 

Can you tell us a bit about your academic and professional journey? How did you find your way into vision science?  
I studied psychology and computer science at the University of Giessen. I became interested in vision science early on because I wanted to understand how parallel processing allows the brain to perform tasks that machines failed at. 

After my studies, I started a PhD in experimental psychology in Giessen, developing a display to study the interactions between L-, M-, and S-cones and rods. A year later, I joined Carl Zeiss, where I developed a robotic 3D sensor for automated inline inspection, which was deployed at Tesla for Model 3 production. I then worked on vision research for AR glasses at Facebook Reality Labs before finally returning to Giessen to continue my PhD, now on gaze behavior in VR and reality.

What is different about vision science now compared to when you started?  
Deep neural networks, and AI in general, have fundamentally changed vision science. I wrote my diploma thesis about a neural network for visual motion detection; at that time, artificial neural networks in vision science were still a niche topic. Nowadays, deep neural networks are a routine component of vision science, both as models of human information processing and as tools for generating and analyzing data.

What attracted you to join machineMD?  
I was attracted by the combination of vision science, engineering, and clinical application. Gaze behavior has been studied for many years to address specific clinical research questions; bringing gaze-based diagnostics into broad clinical use has a lot of potential. I also enjoy being in a hands-on environment where people with different backgrounds team up to turn an innovative idea into a useful application.

**How do you expect your role as Senior Biomedical R&D Engineer will contribute to improving neuro-ophthalmic diagnosis?**  
I expect to work across the psychological, scientific, and engineering aspects of the application. This could include refining brief, self-explanatory routines for patients of all ages, supporting both broad assessments and disease-specific quantification, characterizing and validating hardware, and improving data processing to get the most out of the limited test duration.

**Outside of work, what kinds of challenges or projects capture your curiosity?**  
A few years ago, I started an organic university garden with a few colleagues in front of our office building - so literally outside of work - where we grew all kinds of vegetables. We expanded it every year until we had a decent little farm that fed half of our group. Gardening is a great activity because it gets you outdoors, involves physical work, always gives you something new to learn, and easily brings all kinds of people together. It requires planning, trains patience and discipline, and offers delayed reward when you finally get to eat the results together. I highly recommend it.

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