Curriculum Vitae
Here is a selected overview of my work experience, experience abroad, awards, and education.
Work experience
- Since 10/2024: Guest Lecturer “Applied Artificial Intelligence”
- TUM School of Management, Technical University Munich
- Since 03/2023: Full Professor in Information Systems and Human-centric Artificial Intelligence
- University of Bayreuth
- Since 03/2023: Group Leader “Business Analytics”
- Fraunhofer FIT
- Since 03/2023: Senior Expert Artificial Intelligence
- IBM Germany
- Since 03/2023: Director
- Research Center Finance & Information Management (FIM)
- 02/2020-03/2023: Managing Consultant Data Science
- IBM Germany
- 09/2017-02/2023: Head of Applied AI in Services Lab
- Karlsruhe Service Research Institute (KSRI) / Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM), KIT
- 08/2014-08/2017: Research Assistant
- Karlsruhe Service Research Institute (KSRI), KIT
- 10/2012-08/2014: Research Assistant (part-time during master’s)
- Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB), KIT
- 08/2009-04/2010: Intern Prototype Development (full-time)
- Porsche AG
Experience abroad
- 10/2025 Research stay at the ESADE Business School Barcelona, hosted by Maria De-Arteaga
- 03/2024 Research stay at the University of Texas in Austin, hosted by Maria De-Arteaga
- 03/2024 Research stay at Carnegie Mellon University, hosted by Adam Perer and Katelyn C. Morrison
- 03/2022 Research stay at the University of Texas in Austin, hosted by Maria De-Arteaga
- 03/2019 Research stay at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, hosted by Steven O. Kimbrough
- 02/2019 Research stay at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, hosted by John Cohn
- 12/2018 Research stay at the University of Auckland, hosted by Tava Olsen
- 11/2016 Research stay at the University of Warwick, hosted by Irene C L Ng
- 2012, Internship Porsche Business Services, Chicago
Scientific Advisory & Roles
- ELLIS Member
- Appointed expert in the Committee for Science and the Arts in the Bavarian State Parliament on the topic of “Opportunities and Risks of AI in the Science Sector
- Dagstuhl Seminar 24342
- Dagstuhl Seminar 26302
Awards and Honors
- ACM CHI Honorable Mention 2024
- Wirtschaftswoche German “40-under-40”-economists 2024
- HHAI Best Full Paper Award 2023
- ACM IUI Best Paper Award 2023
- IBM Consulting Technical Award 2023
- HICSS Best Paper Award 2021
- IBM Best Paper Award 2018 and 2019
- KIT Department of Economics and Management Faculty Teaching Award 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
- DAAD International Collaboration Package 2015 and 2019
Founding experience
- 2023-2025: EXIST-Mentor of Teamful
- Since 2020: Mentor of femfeel
- 2018: Co-Founder of kalytics (later developed into prenode)
- 2015-2021: Co-Founder and Executive Board Member of Education for Refugees e.V.
Education
- Habilitation in Applied Computer Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2023
- Ph.D in Information Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 2017 (summa cum laude)
- M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 2014
- B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 2010