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A brief summary of my professional life.
Education
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2022.09 - 2026.08 Zurich, CH
Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of Zurich
Ph.D. thesis: "Adaptive Questionnaires for Efficient Preference Elicitation in Digital Democratic Innovations" supervised by Prof. Abraham Bernstein
Grade: 5.79 (95/100)
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2019.10 - 2021.09 Tübingen, DE
M.Sc. in Machine Learning
Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen
Master thesis: "Wasserstein t-SNE and applications to social science" supervised by Prof. Philipp Hennig
Grade: 1.2 (97/100)
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2012.10 - 2016.03 Heidelberg, DE
B.Sc. in Physics
Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Bachelor thesis: "Statistical data analysis on functional neuroimaging" supervised by Prof. Fred Hamprecht
Grade: 1.7 (88/100)
Work
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2026.10 - Present Zurich, CH
Postdoctoral Researcher
ETH Zurich
Implementing adaptive survey components into deliberative technology at COSS.
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2022.09 - 2026.10 Zurich, CH
Doctoral Researcher
University of Zurich
Conducted user experiments for the project "D3: Digital Deliberative Democracy" (SNSF 2022-2026).
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2021.10 - 2022.08 Hamburg, DE
Research Associate
University of Hamburg
Prepared a successful BMBF grant proposal securing 9 Mio. EUR in funding ("Rescue Mate").
Teaching
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2023.09 - 2025.02 Zurich, CH
Informatics and Economics
Teaching Assistant, University of Zurich
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2020.04 - 2020.07 Tübingen, DE
Mathematics for Computer Scientists II
Tutor, University of Tübingen
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2018.10 - 2019.02 Leipzig, DE
Mathematics for Physicists I
Tutor, University of Leipzig
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2015.04 - 2017.07 Heidelberg, DE
Beginners Practical Experimental Physics
Lab Course Instructor, University of Heidelberg
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2014.04 - 2017.07 Heidelberg, DE
Physics for Medical Students
Tutor, University of Heidelberg
Volunteer
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2026.03 - Present Organizing Committee Member
Digital Publics Conference
Member of the organizing committee of the Digital Publics conference.
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2026.01 - 2026.06 Associate Researcher
Oxford Computational Political Science Group
Worked with Maria Milosh on AI-facilitated online deliberation.
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2025.03 Reviewing
IC2S2 2025
Reviewer for the International Conference on Computational Social Science.
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2024.03 - 2026.06 Scientific Advisor
KulturKommittee Winterthur
Provided algorithmic advice for the deliberative process.
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2020.06 Workshop Lecturer: Introduction to the Game of Go
IMPRS-IS Machine Learning Summer School
Organized a beginner course to the board game Go.
Awards
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2026.09 - 2028.08 SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Two-year fellowship for postdoctoral research abroad.
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2023.09 - 2025.06 Ph.D. Excellence Fellow
Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich
Completed the Ph.D. Excellence Program for interdisciplinary research at the DSI Zurich.
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2020.09 - 2021.03 Erasmus Exchange Grant
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Completed an exchange semester at the Computer Science department in Grenoble.
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2014.09 - 2015.02 Erasmus Exchange Grant
University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Completed an exchange semester at the Physics department in Utrecht and Amsterdam.
Skills
| Data Science | |
| Probabilistic Modeling | |
| Active Learning | |
| Political Data Analysis | |
| Synthetic Text Generation |
| Programming | |
| Python | |
| SciPy, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn | |
| PyTorch, TensorFlow | |
| Git |
| Web & Infrastructure | |
| NestJS | |
| Angular | |
| Docker | |
| PostgreSQL |
| Languages | |
| German (native) | |
| English (C1) | |
| French (B1) | |
| Russian (A1) |
Interests
| Journalism | ||||
| Local Radio of the University of Leipzig (mephisto97.6) | ||||
| Head of the radio play department (Mar 2018 – Sep 2018) | ||||
| Training of applicants (script, direction, cut) | ||||
| Game of Go (2 Dan) | ||||
| Participation at over 80 tournaments | ||||
| Youth European Championship 2004 | ||||
| German Youth Championship 2006 (4th Place) | ||||