CV

My academic journey

Education

2025 – now

PhD

Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

2022 – 2025

M.Sc. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München & TU München

Grade: 1.0 (high distinction)

Thesis: Bootstrapping Cosmological In-in Correlators at Loop Order

2019 – 2022

B.Sc. Physics

TU Dresden

Grade: 1.0 (high distinction)

Thesis: Interaction of Gravitational Waves with Bose-Einstein Condensates

2011 – 2019

Abitur

Gymnasium Dresden-Bühlau

Grade: 1.0 / 897 points (high distinction)

Experience

since 2025

PhD Researcher

Max-Planck-Institut für Physik

Quantum Field Theory group of Johannes Henn

2024 – 2025

Master thesis

LMU Munich

Chair of Cosmology, group of Ivo Sachs

"Bootstrapping cosmological correlators at loop order"

2024 – 2025

Independent consultant

Sepal AI

Working on LLM training data based on physics olympiad problems

2021 – 2022

Research project

TU Dresden

Chair of Computational Physics, group of Roland Ketzmerick

"Fractal spectra and quantum dynamics of partially open chaotic systems"

2022

Bachelor thesis

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf

Department of Theoretical Physics, group of Ralf Schützhold

"Interaction of gravitational waves with Bose-Einstein condensates"

2016 – 2017

Summer student job

hrd.consulting

Data modelling and data management, working on the EU project INSPIRE (Infrastructure for spatial information in Europe)

2016

Student internship

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf

Institute of Ion Beam Physics

Selected Awards and Achievements

2020 – 2024

PLANCKS

Physics League Across Numerous Countries for Kick-ass Students

International team competition in theoretical physics for university students with approximately 50 participating teams each year from all over the world.

3rd place 2024 (Dublin) · 6th place 2023 (Milan) · 2nd place 2022 (Munich) · 2nd place 2021 (Porto) · 8th place 2020 (London)

2020 – 2024

DOPPLERS

Deutsche Olympiade im Physik-Probleme-Lösen Eifrig Rätselnder Studierender

German preliminary competition for PLANCKS with approximately 25-30 teams participating each year

1st place 2024, 1st place 2023, 2nd place 2022, 2nd place 2021, 2nd place 2020

2019

Silver Medal

International Physics Olympiad (Tel Aviv, Israel)

2019

Silver Medal

International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Keszthely, Hungary)

2018

Bronze Medal

European Physics Olympiad (Dolgoprudny, Russia)

Scholarships

2019 – 2025

Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

since 2019

Glemser Stiftung for Future Excellency

2022 – 2025

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