I am a tenure-track assistant professor (Juniorprofessor) of Computer Science (Theory of Algorithms) at the University of Cologne.
I am also an associate professor (on leave) at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Southern Denmark.
I am working in Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics. My focus is on the design and analysis of algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems, especially involving uncertainty.
I have received my Ph.D. from the Faculty of Mathematics of Technische Universität Berlin in June 2016. My advisor was Nicole Megow. Subsequently, I have held positions at Technische Universität München, Universidad de Chile, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, École Normale Supérieure Paris, and Universität zu Köln.
The paper “Non-Adaptive Evaluation of k-of-n Functions: Tight Gap and a Unit-Cost PTAS” (with M. A. Nielsen and L. Rohwedder) has been accepted at APPROX ’25
I have started a new position at the University of Cologne.
I am organizing a PhD school on “Intersections of Algorithms and Machine Learning Theory” (with J. Boyar, K. Green Larsen, N. Limaye, and A. Yehudayoff) in Odense in July 2025.
I am organizing a Dagstuhl Seminar on “Approximation Algorithms for Stochastic Optimization” (with L. Hellerstein and V. Nagarajan) in March 2025.
The paper “Designing Exploration Contracts” (with M. Hoefer and C. Schecker) has been accepted at STACS ’25.