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Education

RWTH Aachen University

PhD in Experimental Particle Physics

November 2021 - June 2024
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  • Thesis: "Novel jet flavour tagging algorithms exploiting adversarial deep learning techniques with efficient computing methods and preparation of open data for robustness studies"

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  • Doctoral Student, Scientific Employee, see also here for more information (Nov. '21 - Dec. '23).

  • Associated member of the Research Training Group "Physics of the Heaviest Particles at the LHC" (Dec '21 - '23). Co-Organizer of the RTG Colloquium (2022 - 2023).

M.Sc. RWTH in Physics

October 2019 - October 2021
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  • Master thesis: 1,0 (best possible). "Investigation of robustness of b-Tagging algorithms for the CMS Experiment"
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  • Final grade: excellent (1,2) = mit Auszeichnung
Courses

Focus of Study: Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology

  • Particle Physics I
  • Theory of Relativity and Cosmology
  • Astroparticle Physics
  • Particle Physics II
  • Physics at the LHC with the CMS experiment (included giving a seminar talk on "Higgs properties")
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Laboratory Course Astronomy and Astrophysics (project: "Stellar spectroscopy")
  • Medical Imaging I
  • Introduction to Business Administration

Additional examinations (required according to the examination regulations)

  • Experimental Physics 4 (B.Sc.)
  • Theoretical Physics 3 (B.Sc.)
  • Theoretical Physics 4 (B.Sc.)

Participated without examinations (parallel studies B.Sc. Computer Science)

  • Data structures and algorithms
  • Databases and information systems

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

M.Ed.* in Physics, Mathematics, Educational Sciences

October 2018 - September 2019
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(* not completed)

Courses

Physics

  • Theoretical Physics 2 (M.Ed.)
  • Experimental Physics 4 (M.Ed.)
  • Advanced Laboratory Course (M.Ed.)

Mathematics

  • Number Theory

Educational Sciences

  • Bildungspolitik, Schulentwicklung und Unterrichtsforschung

Additional course as part of the "Zertifikatsstudiengang Informatik" (Computer Science)

  • Introduction to Programming

Participated without examinations

  • PHY: Gebietsübergreifende Konzepte und Anwendungen (included giving a seminar talk on "Differential equations in physics" and preparing exercises / lectures for fellow students)
  • PHY: Theoriebildung und fachdidaktische Forschung
  • PHY: Demonstrationspraktikum 2 (talk / project: Mechanical oscillations, acceleration sensors and phyphox)
  • PHY: Hauptseminar: Physikunterricht in der Sekundarstufe II (talk / project: Natural sciences at the orientation level in high school)
  • MATH: Differential Equations
  • ED: Forschungswerkstatt: Lernen forschend entwickeln

B.Ed. in Physics, Mathematics, Educational Sciences

April 2016 - January 2019
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Courses

Physics

  • Experimentalphysik 1
  • Mathematische Rechenmethoden 1
  • Experimentalphysik 2
  • Mathematische Rechenmethoden 2
  • Experimentalphysik 3
  • Theoretische Physik 1
  • Experimentelles Grundpraktikum 1 & 2
  • Fachdidaktische Vertiefungen zur Experimentalphysik 1 & 2
  • Demonstrationspraktikum 1 (talk / project: Teaching astronomy in high school, using (digital) cameras and telescopes)
  • Lehr-Lern-Labor (included setting up and evaluating an experiment for high school students on acoustics)
  • Grundlagen der Fachdidaktik

Mathematics

  • Elementarmathematik vom höheren Standpunkt
  • Einführung in die Didaktik der Mathematik
  • Lineare Algebra und Geometrie 1
  • Analysis 1 & 2
  • Lineare Algebra und Geometrie 2 für das Lehramt
  • Geometrie, Algebra und Zahlentheorie
  • Didaktik der Algebra (included giving a seminar talk on "Figurate numbers")
  • Didaktik der Geometrie
  • Grundlagen der Numerik
  • Grundlagen der Stochastik

Educational Sciences

  • Sozialisation, Erziehung, Bildung
  • Didaktik, Methodik, Kommunikation, Medien (projects: creating a video tutorial for teachers on the software "GeoGebra"; evaluating a video recording of a physics lesson based on custom indicators for school pedagogics, covering for example classroom management)
  • Diagnostik, Heterogenität, Differenzierung und Inklusion (projects: talk on dyscalculia, covering both the neurological basics as well as implications for teaching; preparation of a (fictional) exam in mathematics with a special focus on implementing recent findings in educational psychology)
  • Orientierendes Praktikum 1 & 2 (Freiherr-vom-Stein Realschule plus Bernkastel-Kues; IGS Morbach)
  • Vertiefendes Praktikum Bachelor (Peter-Wust-Gymnasium Wittlich). Focus: mathematics; usage of graphical calculators in a teaching unit on power functions.

Nikolaus-von-Kues Gymnasium Bernkastel-Kues

Abitur

August 2008 - March 2016
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  • Final grade: 1,7
  • Advanced Courses: Physics, Mathematics, Geography
  • Oral Examination: English

"Begabtenförderung am Gymnasium mit Verkürzung der Schulzeit (BEGYS)"

August 2010 - July 2013
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Excerpt from the school's homepage translated to English:

Talented pupils who attend a BEGYS class complete the intermediate level (grades 7 to 10) in only three instead of four years (you formally skip grade 9). In principle, the same curriculum applies to BEGYS classes as to regular classes. However, the material is adapted to the shortened cycle with a smaller proportion of exercises and redistributed accordingly over the years. BEGYS is aimed at students who are particularly motivated, capable and willing to perform. A recommendation conference suggests a pupil for inclusion in BEGYS if a successful completion can be expected with regard to performance, work posture and overall mental state.

Additional Qualifications
ATLAS Run-3 Shift Training for ATLAS Control Room (ACR)
  • ATLAS Experiment
  • General, Run Control & Trigger, Calorimeter + Forward, Shift Data Quality Leader; CERN (online)
  • May and June 2025, March 2026
Aachen Online Statistics School 2023 (Block course)
  • Research Training Group / GRK 2497 - RWTH Aachen University; DESY Hamburg (online)
  • March 2023
CMS Management Training Workshop (with Isabell Melzer-Pellmann)
  • CMS Experiment
  • Management Training Group
  • December 2022
Speech Training (Confident appearance)
  • Research Training Group / GRK 2497 - RWTH Aachen University; Wiehl
  • teamact GmbH
  • August 2022
Scientific Integrity (for Doctoral Students)
  • Center for Doctoral Studies (RWTH Aachen University, online)
  • May 2022
Resilient sein in Veränderungsprozessen! (for Doctoral Students)
  • Center for Doctoral Studies (RWTH Aachen University, online)
  • teamact GmbH
  • April 2022
Leadership Workshop (with Carsten Seiffert)
  • for PhD Candidates / PostDocs
  • LHC Deutschland
  • March 2022
QCD and Monte Carlo techniques (Block course)
  • Research Training Group / GRK 2497 - RWTH Aachen University; DESY Hamburg (online)
  • March 2022
Tutorial Teaching (for Student Assistants)
  • Certificate
  • ExAcT, CLS (RWTH Aachen University)
  • October 2019
Physics Instructor Training (for Student Assistants)
  • Certificate
  • Lehren - Organisieren - Beraten, FB 08 (JGU Mainz)
  • April 2018