Mr. Maik Reder is currently carrying out his PhD studies within the European Union’s Marie Curie Innovative Training Network "Advanced Wind Energy System Operation and Maintenance Experience" (AWESOME) at the Research Centre for Energy Resources and Consumption (CIRCE) in Zaragoza. He studied Mechanical Engineering with focus on Aeronautical Engineering and Sustainable Energy Systems at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), in Germany. His research interests are related to advanced reliability modelling of Wind Turbines with respect to environmental conditions.