As a physicist, I spend my days trying to push the boundaries of X-ray imaging - and occasionally pushing my coffee intake to similar limits. My interest in entrepreneurship has led me to founding my own software and website company, where I help clients turn their technical challenges into elegant solutions.
At the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where I’m pursuing my PhD in collaboration with Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon, I work on making X-ray phase contrast micro-tomography more quantitative and dose-efficient using novel techniques like Talbot array illuminators. Currently, I’m also a visiting researcher at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia - where I’ve learned among other things that kangaroos respect neither physics nor crosswalks. My doctoral research is supported by a scholarship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
My journey through academia has taken me from a B.Sc. in Physics to an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics at TUM. Along the way, I’ve developed a passion for tackling complex problems - though I still haven’t solved the mystery of why my desk keeps accumulating empty coffee cups.
What drives me is the potential to create better tools for early disease diagnosis and prevention. When I’m not working with synchrotron datasets or optimizing imaging algorithms, you might find me fighting gravity in the gym or providing emergency medical assistance at events like the Oktoberfest.
I also maintain a blog on this very page where I apply the same analytical mindset to distinguish signal from noise in matters beyond the lab.
Technologies & Skills
- Programming Languages: Python, C, C++
- Languages: German (native), English (fluent), French (conversational)
- Expertise in working with large-scale computing infrastructure