Curriculum Vitae
Education
01/23 – 06/2026: Ph.D. in Astronomy
Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Heidelberg University, Germany
Thesis (preliminary): “Environmental Interactions of Protoplanetary Disks: Early-Stage Planetesimal Formation and Late Infall”
Supervisor: Prof. Cornelis Dullemond
10/20 – 01/23: MSc. in Physics
Heidelberg University, Germany & Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Thesis: “Impact of dust drift and planet formation on stellar convective zone element abundances”
Supervisor: Prof. Bertram Bitsch
10/17 – 09/20: BSc. in Physics
Heidelberg University, Germany & Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Thesis: “Turbulence in the Kepler-223 System”
Supervisor: Prof. Bertram Bitsch
Research interests
Hydrodynamical simulations of infall onto protoplanetary disks
Radiative transfer modeling
Diffusion models of dust transport and planetesimal formation in protoplanetary disks
Publications
4 refereed fist-authored publications (+1 submitted)
1 refereed fist-authored publication in preparation
1 refereed co-authored publication in preparation
34 total citations as of October 2024
Teaching
Summer Semester 2024
Teaching assistant for “Python for scientists” at Heidelberg University.
Winter Semester 2022/23
Supervisor and project coordinator for high school internships
Summer Semester 2023
Teaching assistant for “Introduction to Computational Physics” at Heidelberg University.
Winter Semester 2022/23
Teaching assistant for “Practical block course in numerical methods” at Heidelberg University.