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I am currently an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Aalto University in Finland. For up-to-date information on my research and academic career, please check out my personal homepage!

Teaching

  • 2024 (Winter Semester)
    Lecturer, Ideas of Informatics (Saarland University, with Kurt Mehlhorn)
  • 2023 (Winter Semester)
    Lecturer, Ideas of Informatics (Saarland University, with Kurt Mehlhorn)
  • 2022 (Winter Semester)
    Lecturer, Ideas of Informatics (Saarland University, with Kurt Mehlhorn)
  • 2021 (Winter Semester)
    Lecturer, Ideas of Informatics (Saarland University, with Kurt Mehlhorn)
  • 2020 (Winter Semester)
    Lecturer, Ideas of Informatics (Saarland University, with Kurt Mehlhorn)
    Teaching Assistant, Theory of Distributed Systems (Saarland University)
  • 2019–2022 (Various Trimesters)
    Lecturer, Introduction to Informatics (Bucerius Law School)
  • 2018–2022 (Summer Semesters)
    Lecturer, Programming for Lawyers (University of Heidelberg, with Janis Beckedorf and Philipp Sahrmann)
  • 2018 (Winter Semester)
    Tutor, Data Networks (Saarland University)
  • 2017 (Winter Semester)
    Tutor, Introduction to Informatics (LMU Munich)
  • 2017–2019 (Various Trimesters)
    Lecturer, Introduction to Programming (Bucerius Law School, with Philipp Sahrmann)

Awards and Honors

  • Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellowship, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm Resilience Center (2023)
  • Best Reviewer Award, Learning on Graphs Conference (2022)
  • Outstanding Reviewer, NeurIPS D&B (2022)
  • Caroline von Humboldt Prize (2022)
  • Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society (2020)
  • Bucerius Law School Dissertation Award (2018)

Education

  • 2023
    Ph.D. in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat., Saarland University – Thesis Written at the MPI for Informatics)
  • 05/2023–08/2023
    Visiting Researcher at Aalto University Helsinki (Hosted by Mikko Kivelä)
  • 06/2022–09/2022
    Visiting Researcher at KTH Stockholm (Hosted by Aristides Gionis, Supported by SoBigData++)
  • 2020–2023
    Ph.D. Student in Computer Science (MPI for Informatics)
  • 2020
    M.Sc. in Computer Science (Saarland University)
  • 2018
    B.Sc. in Computer Science (LMU Munich)
  • 2018
    Ph.D. in Law (Dr. iur., Bucerius Law School – Thesis Written at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance)
  • 2015
    First Legal State Exam (HansOLG)