CV

Professional experience

Professional experience

Lead Specialist in Public Sector Consulting Since February 2022
PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand GmbH, Science Group

Consulting work at the intersection of public-sector needs, technology, structured delivery, and software architecture.

Selected Projects

  • Technical Lead and Lead DevOps Engineer for NegotiateCOP
  • Technical Lead for the LuKIFG portal
  • Lead DevOps Engineer hardening and deploying F13 and other software for federal ministries on PLAIN
  • Technical Lead reviewing, integrating and developing Microservices for the F13 project
  • Lead Developer migrating OpenRedact to a modern Angular frontend and refactoring the backend redaction process
Postdoctoral Research Scientist March 2020 – February 2022
Columbia University, New York, Astrophysics Laboratory

Research in an international scientific environment with strong emphasis on data, instrumentation, analysis, and collaboration.

Selected Tasks

  • retuning the beamlines to minimal ion optical corrections
  • building an updated digital CAD model of the full beamline
  • conducting integrated ion optical and residual gas scattering simulations
Postdoctoral Research Scientist November 2019 – February 2020
GSI Helmholtzzentrum Darmstadt, Atomic Physics Department

Scientific research in atomic physics and experimental infrastructure.

Postdoctoral Research Scientist April 2018 – October 2019
Sorbonne Université, Paris, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris

Research work in experimental physics and scientific instrumentation.

Research Assistant/Ph.D. Scholarship June 2017 – September 2017
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, I. Physikalisches Institut

Research and development work supporting a Ph.D. project in experimental physics.

Research Assistant/Ph.D. Student December 2013 – May 2017
GSI Helmholtzzentrum Darmstadt, Atomic Physics Department

Research and development work supporting a Ph.D. project in experimental physics.

Skills profile

Software and architecture

  • Python and TypeScript.
  • API design and integration-oriented system design.
  • Domain-Driven Design.
  • Kubernetes, Docker, and Podman.
  • GitLab and CI/CD workflows.
  • Public-sector IT and air-gapped architecture.

Scientific and technical background

  • Experimental physics and instrumentation.
  • Scientific computing and data analysis.
  • Technical documentation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • Vacuum technology, technical drawings, and laboratory systems.

Languages

  • German: native speaker
  • English: CEFR C1
  • French: CEFR A1
  • Russian: CEFR A1
  • Italian: CEFR A1
  • Latin: Latinum proficiency certificate