Curriculum Vitae
Work experience
since 2022
Zurich, Switzerland
Data analyst at Betty Bossi
Business owner data cloud and BI tools
Data analysis for the CRM division
2017 - 2022
Zurich, Switzerland
Responsible for the maintenance of the chair's IT
Proof-reading of scientific papers
In charge of scientific articles in the last phase before publication
Organization of Workshops/Conferences
ETH Workshop on Democracy 2018, 2019, 2020
6th Dialogue Event by ETH Risk Center (January 26, 2018)
Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
Munich, Germany
Teaching assistant at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lectures for B.Sc. students: (i) "Mathematical Methods of Theoretical Physics" by Prof. Dr. Jan von Delft and (ii) "Mechanics" by PD Dr. Thomas Udem
Preparation for weekly exercise classes
Correction of exercises and exams
Presentation of examination review course
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Munich, Germany
Intern at KPMG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft AG
Financial Services | Financial Risk Management
Project support at the client's office
Preparation of Excel-sheets (portfolio analysis, conception of exposure add-on factors)
Execution of user acceptance tests
Sep 2014 - Dec 2014
Munich, Germany
Intern at KPMG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft AG
Financial Services | Strategy & Operations
Project support at the client's office
Preparation of Excel-sheets (controlling, billing, data analysis)
Preparation of PowerPoint-presentations
Extensive research
2011 - 2014
Munich, Germany
Fashion adviser and seller at Maximilian – Mode für Männer
Accommodation job
Customer advice and customization
Sale
Autonomous management of the store up to one week
Education
2017 - 2022
Zurich, Switzerland
Ph.D. in Economics at ETH Zürich
Chair of Macroeconomics: Innovation and Policy (supervision by Prof. Dr. Hans Gersbach)
The title of my thesis is Essays on opinion formation in politics. The focus of my research is on Network Science and Political Campaigns. My position is partially third-party funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) and I am part of the "Towards Better Blueprints for Democracy" project.
2016 - 2017
Milan, Italy
Master Thesis in Theoretical Biophysics at Università degli Studi di Milano
Center for Complexity & Biosystems (supervision by Prof. Stefano Zapperi) | Grade: 1.0
I conducted research and wrote my thesis about "Statistical physics of lipid raft formation in cell membranes".
2015 - 2017
Munich, Germany
Grade: 1.49
The focus of my studies:
Nonlinear Dynamics
Stochastic Processes
Advanced Statistical Physics
During summer 2015, I made a research project at the chair of Prof. Erwin Frey about "RASEP: Repelling Anti-symmetric Simple Exclusion Process". I wrote the master thesis supervised by Prof. Stefano Zapperi in Milan, Italy (more details are above).
2011 - 2014
Munich, Germany
Grade: 2.36
I wrote my Bachelor thesis about "Edge Currents in Driven Systems of Non-interacting Lattice Fermions" supervised by Fabian Heidrich-Meisner.
Additional lectures at the faculty for economics at the LMU München
Basics of Economics
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Financial Economy
Game Theory
Publications
M. Hoferer, K. Mepham, A. Kekkonen, Affective polarization on Reddit, (work in progress).
M. Hoferer, H. Gersbach, Attractor model of political competition, (submitted to journal).
M. Hoferer, L. Böttcher, H. J. Herrmann, H .Gersbach, The impact of technologies in political campaigns, Physica A, 538, 122795 (2020), arXiv:1909.07644.
M. Hoferer, S. Bonfanti, A. Taloni, C. A. M. La Porta, S. Zapperi, Protein driven lipid domain nucleation in biological membranes, Phys. Rev. E 100, 042410 (2019), arXiv:1909.08659.
Conferences / schools / talks
Talk at IC²S² 2021, online - 7th International Conference on Computational Social Science
The International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) is the premier annual meeting bringing together researchers from different disciplines interested in using computational and data-intensive methods to address societally relevant problems.
Talk about Affective polarization on Reddit: YouTube
Sessions and lectures organized by Princeton University, in cooperation with 11 other universities
Jun 16 to 29, 2018 in Zurich, Switzerland
Invited talk in the Complex Systems seminar at Uppsala University
On Jan 22, 2019 about The activists model and its applications
The school considers complex systems of social and economic origin by teaching and discussing concepts and topics of computational social science and econophysics. These are fields, where physicists, computer scientists, sociologists, and economists join efforts to understand the laws governing the complex system of human interactions.
Jul. 16 to 21, 2018 in Varenna, Italy
Workshops organized by IDEA League.
Feb 01/02, 2018 in Delft, Netherlands at TU Delft
Mar 12/13, 2018 in Aachen Germany at RWTH Aachen
May 08 to 11, 2018 in Milan, Italy at Politecnico di Milano
Aug 29 to 31, 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden at Calmers University of Technology
Awarded with a fellowship funded by the Complex Systems Society, Talk about Master thesis
Jul 03 to 07, 2017 in Como, Italy
Technical & personal skills
Programming languages
C++
Python
Mathematica
Bash
SQL
R
IT / Software
Operating systems: Windows, Linux, Mac
MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word): good skills
LaTeX
Languages
German: native speaker
English: business fluent
Italian: intermediate
Latin: Latin proficiency certificate
Extracurricular activities
since 2016
Germany
Career network & online scholarship programme for German-speaking high-potential candidates Germany
since 2015
Germany
Career network & online scholarship programme for German-speaking high-potential candidates
Apr 2020 - Sep 2020
Zurich, Switzerland
Organizer of road cycling at academic sports association Zurich
Planning, preparation, and execution of group rides with many participants
2017 - 2019
Germany
Career network & online scholarship programme for German-speaking high-potential candidates Germany
Dec 01-04, 2016
Inglostadt, Germany
Participation in the WFI Consulting Cup
24 hours case competition organised by the Consulting Cup e.V.
Nov 11–13, 2016
Kitzbühel, Austria
Winner of the "Pitch Challenge"
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Oct 11/12, 2016
Bonn, Germany
Jun 10, 2016
Munich, Germany
Advanced Negotiation Management
Workshop at Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (LMU Munich)
German: Aufbauworkshop Verhandlungsmanagement
Jan 07/08, 2016
Munich, Germany
Negotiation Management
Workshop at Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (LMU Munich)
German: Verhandlungsmanagement
Nov 28, 2015
Stuttgart, Germany
3rd Prize at KPMG’s International Case Competition 2016
Local qualification
Jun 27, 2015
Munich, Germany
Introduction to Business Mediation
Workshop at Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (LMU Munich)
German: Einführung in die Wirtschaftsmediation
May 30, 2015
Munich, Germany
Structured Negotiation Preparation
Workshop at Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (LMU Munich)
German: Strukturierte Verhandlungsvorbereitung
2009 - 2014
Munich, Germany
Freelance for grammar school pupils of all forms
Subjects: Mathematics and Physics
2008 - 2011
Munich Germany
Homework support
Accommodation job at Katholische Jungendfürsorge der Erzdiözese München
1999 – 2005
Munich, Germany
Vocalist at Tölzer Knabenchor
Choral and soloistic appearances all over Europe and America | 1st soloist
I am the boy in the middle in the video. We sing "Beati Omnes" by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy at the Kurhaus in Bad Tölz, Germany in May 2005.