Robert Stöcker completed his bachelor's degree in 2019 at Aachen University of Applied Sciences, specializing in radar technology for satellite applications. He then worked as a student trainee at the Ferdinand Braun Institut, Leibniz Institute for Radio Frequency Technology (FBH), where he investigated the development of DC-DC converters at high frequencies.

His master's thesis was written during his time as a working student at Fraunhofer IZM, part of the "RF Materials" working group in the "RF & Smart Sensor Systems" department. Robert Stöcker started working as a full research associate at Fraunhofer IZM in 2022, where his duties include the "6G-RIC" research project and various projects on the material characterization of antennas (near field, far field).