CV

Education

Ph.D in Mathematics (summa cum laude), TU Dresden, 2024
- Dissertation: Impacts of genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity on tumor evolution
- Supervisors: Prof. A. Voigt & Prof. A. Deutsch
M.S. in Physics, TU Dresden, 2018
- Supervisors: S. Grill & A. Deutsch
Semester abroad, Lund University, Sweden, 2015
B.S. in Physics, TU Dresden, 2014
- Supervisors: F. Jülicher & S. Grill
High school (Abitur), Graf-Münster-Gymnasium Bayreuth, 2011

Since 02/2024: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Sciences (CIDS), TU Dresden
2018-2024: Doctoral Research Associate, CIDS, TU Dresden
Fall 2023: Guest Researcher, Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2016-2018: Research Assistant, CIDS, TU Dresden
Spring 2016: Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS), Dresden
Summer 2014: Undergraduate Assistant, MPI-PKS, Dresden

Biomathematical modeling of cancer evolution & heterogeneity
Agent-based modeling, especially cellular automata (CA)
Analysis of discrete, stochastic systems, e.g., CA, dynamics in complex networks
Bayesian modeling and parameter inference
Mathematical oncology, especially tumor growth & therapy response
Complex systems, particularly collective migration, epidemics, excitable media

2025: German Thesis Award - Shortlist (top 12 of 254). Körber Foundation.
2025: Reinhart Heinrich Award - European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology.
2025: Dr. Walter Seipp Prize - Nomination, decision pending. Commerzbank Foundation.
2024: MTZ-Award for Systems Medicine - MTZ-Foundation.
2019: Poster prize - Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting.
2018-2021: State Innovation Grant (PhD scholarship) - European Social Fund.