Timon Plass is a Senior Research Associate and a specialist on autonomous driving at the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility.

He is involved in various projects (ahoi, NoWel4, ABSOLUT II) on legal issues related to autonomous driving as well as the automation of cars. In the AStriD project, he examined the legal issues surrounding the operation of an autonomous streetcar. His research also covers public transportation, new and sustainable mobility services, as well as national and international data protection regulations.

He studied Law at the Alberts-Ludwigs-University Freiburg and the National and Kapodistrian University Athens with a focus on intellectual property law. He conducted his Legal Traineeship at Landgericht Chemnitz which included a stage at the Legal Directorate of the MDR Leipzig and at a law office specialized in family law.