Michael Kölling

Michael Kölling
Born
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bremen
University of Sydney (PhD)
Known forBlueJ
Greenfoot
AwardsSIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education (2013)
National Teaching Fellowship (2008)
Pearcey Award (1999)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science education
Programming languages
InstitutionsKing's College London
University of Kent
University of Sydney
Monash University
University of Southern Denmark
ThesisThe design of an object-oriented environment and language for teaching (1999)
Doctoral advisorJohn Rosenberg
Websitenms.kcl.ac.uk/michael.kolling/

Michael Kölling is a German computer scientist, currently working at King's College London, best known for the development of the BlueJ and Greenfoot educational development environments and as author of introductory programming textbooks. In 2013 he received the SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education for the development of the BlueJ.