Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth:

Feb 26, 1987

Place of Birth:

St.Ingbert, Germany

Positions and education

Mar 2023
– today:

Full Professor (W3) for Mathematics and Computer Science, with a focus on Mathematical Data Analysis
Head of the Mathematical Optimization for Data Science Group
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Saarland University, Germany

Sep 2020
– Feb 2023:

Tenure-Track Professor for Mathematical Methods in Computer Science
Head of the Mathematical Optimization Group
Dept. of Mathematics,
University of Tübingen, Germany

Nov 2017
– Aug 2020:

Juniorprofessor for Applied Mathematics
Head of the Mathematical Optimization Group
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Saarland University, Germany

Sep 2016
– Oct 2017:

Postdoctoral Researcher (Akademischer Rat)
Computer Vision Lab (host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Brox)
Dept. of Computer Science,
University of Freiburg, Germany

Oct 2015
– Aug 2016:

Postdoctoral Researcher (Akademischer Rat)
Mathematical Image Analysis Group (host: Prof. Dr. Joachim Weickert)
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Saarland University, Germany

Mar 2015
– Sep 2015:

Postdoctoral Researcher
Computer Vision Lab (host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Brox)
Dept. of Computer Science,
University of Freiburg, Germany

Aug 2012
– Sep 2012:

Visiting Researcher
Vision, Learning and Optimization Group (host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Pock)
Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision,
TU Graz, Austria

Nov 2010
– Feb 2015:

PhD Student
Computer Vision Lab (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Brox)
Dept. of Computer Science,
University of Freiburg, Germany
Dissertation (summa cum laude): Long Term Motion Analysis for Object Level Grouping and Nonsmooth Optimization Methods

Oct 2009
– Jul 2010:

Master of Science in Applied Mathematics (with distinction)
Mathematical Image Analysis Group (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joachim Weickert)
Dept. of Computer Science and Mathematics,
Saarland University, Germany
Thesis: Interpolation with Osmosis

Oct 2006
– Jul 2009:

Bachelor of Science in Pure Mathematics
Faculty of Mathematics (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ulrich Gekeler)
Dept. of Computer Science and Mathematics,
Saarland University, Germany
Thesis: Der Bruhat–Tits–Baum eines lokalen Körpers

2008
(6 weeks):

Internship, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (supervisor: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Frank Volke)
Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT),
St. Ingbert, Germany