About

Data scientist, empirical economist, and researcher — quantitative by training, applied by practice.

My background is consistently quantitative and empirical. I studied Empirical Economics and Policy Advice (M.Sc.) with a focus on econometrics, and extended that methodological foundation during my doctorate with modern machine learning and natural language processing. Across a decade of work — in industry and in research — I have built NLP models, customer-analytics pipelines, and deep-learning systems, and put them into production.

In April 2026 I completed my doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) on the automated detection of fake reviews. My current research develops this into a broader field: the detection and evaluation of fake content — fake news and AI-generated content — as generative language models make synthetic content ever harder to spot.

Experience

• Since Oct 2025 · ongoing Adjunct Lecturer — Data Science (freelance)
  Hochschule Merseburg

  Independently designed and teaching two bachelor modules: Data Science Fundamentals (winter semester) and Data Science Methods (summer semester), hands-on in Python.

• Jan 2020 – Aug 2026 Research Associate — Chair of E-Business
  Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

  Research on fake reviews, generative AI, and data science methodology. Independently prepared and taught Bachelor's and Master's courses (e-business, internet economics, IT security, web engineering); supervised theses and examinations.

• Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 Data Scientist
  Relaxdays GmbH

  Built NLP models to automatically detect product-improvement suggestions from reviews, ensured customer-data quality with deep neural networks, and shipped microservices to production via REST APIs.

• Jan 2016 – Dec 2018 Customer Intelligence Analyst
  Invia Travel Germany GmbH (formerly Unister)

  Designed and implemented analytical databases for customer-behaviour modelling; applied machine learning and data mining to customer lifetime value, customer journey, and churn.

Education

• 2020 – Apr 2026 Doctorate — Dr. rer. pol.
  Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

  Dissertation: “Automated Detection of Fake Reviews in the Context of Machine Learning Methods” (German original: “Automatisierte Detektion von Fake Reviews im Kontext von Machine Learning-Verfahren”).

• 2013 – 2015 M.Sc. Empirical Economics and Policy Advice
  Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

  Focus on econometrics and empirical economic research; study abroad at Università degli Studi di Trento. Tutor at the Chair of Econometrics.

• 2008 – 2011 Diplom-Betriebswirt (BA), Tourism Management
  Staatliche Studienakademie Breitenbrunn

Skills

Languages

German

Native

English

Fluent (spoken & written)

French · Spanish · Italian

Basics

Beyond work

Hiking, bikepacking, and CrossFit.