2026 – present
Research Scientist / Research Software Engineer
Bayesian Workflow Group, Computer Science Department
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
About
I am a postdoctoral research software engineer in the Bayesian Workflow Group at Aalto University, Finland, where I implement new developments in Bayesian statistics into software, primarily within the Stan ecosystem. My work spans method development, end-to-end data and modelling workflows, and open, well-tested research software in Python and R.
Previously I built greenhouse-gas concentration data pipelines at Climate Resource GmbH and completed a doctorate in computational statistics at TU Dortmund University on simulation-based expert prior elicitation (elicito).
Background
My path into research software engineering began in applied psychology. During my bachelor’s in Business Psychology I focussed on consumer and market research with first practice experiences at Ipsos GmbH and Produkt+Markt GmbH. To deepen my computational and statistical skills I followed up with a master’s in Cognitive Science with a focus on formal modelling, Bayesian methods, and their implementation in R and Python.
In academia I worked at Philipps-University Marburg and TU Dortmund University, where I completed my doctorate in computational statistics on expert prior elicitation and developed the open-source Python package elicito. I then joined Climate Resource as a research scientist and software engineer, developing data pipelines for earth system modelling groups, before moving to Aalto to work at the intersection of Bayesian methodology, research software engineering, and reproducible science.
Experience
2022 – 2025
Research Scientist
Computational Statistics, Statistics Department
TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
2020 – 2022
Research Scientist
Methods & Statistics, Psychology Department
Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Education
2026
Doctorate in Computational Statistics
Simulation-based expert prior elicitation: Method and software development
TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
2020
M.Sc. in Cognitive Science
Majors: Cognitive modelling & Artificial intelligence
University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
2018
B.Sc. in Business Psychology
Majors: Market research & Consumer behaviour
University of Applied Sciences Harz, Wernigerode, Germany
2014
Marketing Communications Specialist
Vocational training certified by IHK (Chamber of Industry & Commerce)
Dresden-Informatik GmbH, Dresden, Germany