Dipl.-Ing. Peter Knecht studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and Politecnico di Milano. In 2011 he began working as a scientific research assistant in the gear department of the Laboratory of Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL). Since 2014 he is team leader of the gear testing research group. Knecht's fields of research are tooth contact analysis and NVH behavior of gears and transmissions.