CV

Education

  • 2024
    Ph.D (Dr. rer. nat.)
    University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
    • I graduated magna cum laude with a Ph.D. in 2024, completing my dissertation titled "On the Confluence of Machine Learning and Model-based Energy Minimization Methods for Computer Vision" under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Michael Möller.
  • 2019
    Master of Science
    University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
    • I graduated with distinction with my Master's degree, majoring in Visual Computing in 2019 with a thesis titled "Unsupervised Mitral Valve Segmentation in Echocardiographic Videos based on Matrix Factorization" under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Möller and Prof. Andrea Bertozzi, Ph.D..
  • 2016
    Bachelor of Science
    University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
    • I graduated with my Bachelors's degree, majoring in Visual Computing in 2016 with a thesis titled "3D Face Reconstruction from Stereo Images" under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Volker Blanz and M. Sc. Mai Lan Ha.

Experience

  • since 2024
    Scientific Employee (PostDoc)
    University of Bonn
    • I am currently working at the Computer Graphics Chair in Bonn, contributing to the interdisciplinary InVirtuo4.0 project.
  • 2019-2023
    Scientific Employee
    University of Siegen
    • I worked on hybrid model and learning-based approaches at the chair of Computer Vision under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Möller.
  • 2018 - 2019
    Visiting Graduate Researcher
    University of California, Los Angeles
    • I participated in the research program (Applied and Computational Mathematics REU Program Summer 2018) and later wrote a master's thesis there.
  • 2017 - 2018
    Student Assistant (with bachelor's degree)
    University of Siegen
    • I gained first experiences in the field of Deep Learning.

Teaching

  • WS, 2020-2022
    Digitale Bildverarbeitung (Digital Image Processing)
    University of Siegen
  • SS, 2021-2022
    Digitale Bildverarbeitung Praktikum (Digital Image Processing Practicum)
    University of Siegen
  • SS, 2015 & 2016
    Object Oriented and Functional Programming
    University of Siegen
  • WS, 2015 & 2016
    Algorithms and Datastructures
    University of Siegen

Awards

  • 2018
    • FITweltweit Scholarship of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
  • 2020
    • IT Award of the Krombacher Brewery