I am a Postdoc at David Garcia’s Computational Social Science lab at the Graz University of Technology and the Complexity Science Hub Vienna.

Drawing from my experience in nonlinear dynamical systems, my current research activity centres around emergent phenomena in complex social systems. I employ methods from machine learning, data science, sociophysics to understand a diverse range of topics, from emotion dynamics to the spread of diseases and misinformation in the field of Computational Social Science.

For my PhD in physics, I conducted research on pattern formation in salt deserts at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization and received my degree from the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany in 2019.

Next to my research I care deeply about how the scientific community functions and dysfunctions. I try to improve reproducibility and transparency of research by following Open Science practices and being an outspoken and active proponent of Open Science. During my time as the president of the Max Planck PhD association I learned about the rampant mental health problems of many academics and joined the COST Action on Researcher Mental Health to help change the academic system for the better.