Résumé

My life until now!

🎓 Education

  • PhD in Computational Neuroscience 🧠

    since 12.2019

    Working title: Simulation and benchmarking of large-scale and spatially organized cortical network models
    Supervisors: Prof. Markus Diesmann, Prof. Sacha J. van Albada

    IAS-6, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany


  • Research Stay 🇺🇸

    10.2022 – 03.2023

    Collaborating with Stefan Mihalas, Ph.D.

    Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, USA


  • M.Sc. in Physics 🪐

    10.2016 – 09.2019

    Grade: 1.0
    Track of Study: Quantum Field Theories and Gauge Theories
    Thesis: Physics-Driven Implementation of Neural Networks within Einstein-Boltzmann Solvers
    Supervisor: Prof. Julien Lesgourgues

    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany


  • Exchange Semester 🇳🇴

    01.2017 – 06.2017

    Funded by an Erasmus+ Scholarship

    NTNU, Trondheim, Norway


  • B.Sc. in Physics 🔭

    10.2013 – 09.2016

    Grade: 1.0
    Thesis: Fitting the Galactic Center Excess with Simplified Models for Dark Matter
    Supervisor: Prof. Michael Krämer

    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany


🏆 Awards and Scholarships

  • DAAD scholarship

    09.2022 – 03.2023

    German Academic Exchange Service


  • Deutschlandstipendium

    09.2017 – 08.2018

    Dr. Jost Henkel Stiftung


  • Deutschlandstipendium

    01.2017 – 08.2017

    Siemens AG


  • Dean's List of RWTH Aachen University

    2014, 2015, 2016

    Ranking in the top five percent of a class in an academic year


🔨 Work Experience

  • Teaching Assistant: Theoretical Neuroscience

    04.2021 – 06.2024

    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany


  • Teaching Assistant: Computational Neuroscience

    04.2021 – 06.2024

    University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany


  • Teaching Assistant: Statistical Physics

    04.2021 – 06.2024

    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany


  • Teaching Assistant: Classical Mechanics, Special Relativity

    04.2021 – 06.2024

    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany


✨ Skills

  • Languages

    German (native), English (business proficient), French (elementary)


  • Programming

    Python (data analysis and processing, scientific computing), C++ and Rust (elementary scientific computing), High-Performance Computing


👥 Voluntary Engagement

  • KI macht Schule e.V.

    since 04.2020

    Designing interactive course material and giving workshops in German schools to support pupils in gaining an intuitive understanding of the working mechanisms of AI and discussing AI’s impact on society.


  • Representative at the Scientific and Technical Council

    01.2022 – 01.2024

    Providing advice to the executive board of Research Center Jülich; issuing recommendations concerning research and human resources policy, participating in the appointment of the directors of the institutes.