A short web CV. A more detailed publication list lives on the Publications page and on ORCID.
Research experience #
- Postdoctoral Researcher — Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Oct 2024 – present.
- Postdoctoral Researcher — Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich, Oct 2023 – Sep 2024.
Education #
- PhD in Physics — LMU Munich, 2020 – 2023. Thesis: Unique Characteristics of Voids in a Complex Universe. Supervisors: Nico Hamaus and Jochen Weller.
- MSc in Physics — LMU Munich, 2015 – 2018. Thesis: Influence of massive neutrinos on cosmic voids.
- BSc in Physics — LMU Munich, 2012 – 2015. Thesis: Der Blandford-Znajek Prozess.
Surveys & collaborations #
I am an active member of:
- DESI — the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
- Euclid
- the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (LSST)
- the Wide-Field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST)
I have also co-authored consortium papers with Euclid, eROSITA, and CosmoVerse.
Selected publications (first author) #
- Why cosmic voids matter: pristine evolution, JCAP (2026), arXiv:2509.07092.
- Setting SAIL: Leveraging Scientist-AI-Loops for Rigorous Visualization Tools (preprint, 2026), arXiv:2603.18145.
- Why cosmic voids matter: mitigation of baryonic physics, JCAP (2024), arXiv:2312.11241.
- Why cosmic voids matter: nonlinear structure & linear dynamics, JCAP (2023), arXiv:2210.02457.
- The bias of cosmic voids in the presence of massive neutrinos, JCAP (2019), arXiv:1905.00436.
Awards #
- 1st prize, best poster — XIV Tonale Winter School on Cosmology (2021).
- Cosmology course I taught (as TA) voted Best Lecture in the LMU Physics Master’s program (2022).
Talks #
Over 45 presentations to date, including 14 invited talks.
Teaching & Supervision #
Teaching assistant at LMU Munich for Cosmology and Statistics (Master’s level), and for Astrophysics, Quantum Mechanics, and Theoretical Electrodynamics (Bachelor’s level). I taught two lectures and ran two hands-on workshops at the MUSI undergraduate summer school at CPPM in June 2026.
Guided graduate research across multiple institutions, including the co-supervision of PhD students at CPPM and 5 Master’s theses projects at LMU Munich, and serving as the primary supervisor for a Master’s project at CPPM.
Service & leadership #
- Referee for A&A, ApJ, MNRAS, JCAP, and The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review.
- Support Observing Scientist for DESI at the Mayall 4-m Telescope (Kitt Peak).
- Lead organiser and co-chair, Voids@CPPM 2025 workshop.
- Coordinator and co-chair of the weekly Voids@CPPM group meeting.
- Dark Energy manager (CN-4) for the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS (2024).
Outreach #
Public interactive tools (Cosmic Web Explorer, Lensing visualization) and public talks, including a full-dome public talk at the ESO Supernova Planetarium. More on the Outreach & Media page.
Skills #
Python, Jupyter, LaTeX, Git, Bash; the VIDE void finder. Languages: German (native), English (C2), French (B1).