About

I like both the problem and the solution. This is why I studied Psychology and Computer Science. Nothing motivates me more than simultaneously unwrapping how people learn in a given domain and diving into technological approaches to understand and improve this process. I generally tend to zoom in on methodological aspects of human behavior and educational technology research. However, any method that I work on should have the potential to be used in real educational applications.

Education #

Since 2024: PhD Candidate in Computer Science, EPFL, Switzerland

2024: Master of Science Quantitative Data Science Methods, University of Tübingen, Germany

2023: Visting Graduate Student, Yale University

2021: Bachelor of Science Psychology, University of Göttingen, Germany

2021: Erasmus Exchange Semester, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

2018: Bachelor of Science IT-Systems Engineering, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Potsdam, Germany

Professional Experience #

During my high schoool years and early studies, I worked as a full-stack developer for stoll-is, a logistics IT provider, rbb, the public broadcast of Berlin and Brandenburg, and for the dBildungscloud, a learning management system. From the third year of my studies on, I pivoted to research assistant positions at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (Chair of Christoph Meinel), University of Göttingen (Niels Skoovgard-Olsen and Sascha Schröder) and University of Tübingen (Alvaro Tejero-Cantero and Christian Fischer).

Teaching and Supervising #

I served as a teaching assistant for Digital Education by Pierre Dillenbourg and EPFL’s Sustainability 101. At the University of Göttingen, I co-taught a seminar on Bayesian Statistics.

I also supervised several Master students and interns at EPFL during my PhD:

Anoush Azar-Pey (since 02/26)
Guillaume Vitalis (09/25-01/26)
Christine Bau (06/25-12/25)
Yasmin Ben Rahhal (03/25-06/25), co-supervised with Paola Mejia-Domenzain

Community Service #

Peer reviewing for BEA 2024, AIED 2026 and Learning@Scale 2026

Awards and Recognition #

Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (Full merit scholarship for my Master’s)

Hobbies #

Hiking, Ultimate Frisbee, Guitar & Singing