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.