I am a research professor (reduced teaching load) at the Nuremberg Institute of Technology for „Data Sience and Empirical Economics“

I am also affiliated with the German Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in the research department Education, Training, and Employment Over the Life Course

I am a BiB, HCEO, IZA, and RF Berlin research fellow and professorial member of the Doctoral Research Center for Applied Research for Responsible Innovation (CARRI)

I am associate editor of Empirical Economics  and Journal of Labour Market Research

My research focuses on topics in applied microeconomics with an emphasis on education, health, family, and migration economics

Third party founded projects

• „How do inclusive education and individual coaching affect the labour market outcomes of students with disabilities?“ funded by German Research Foundation (DFG), 205.204 Euro. Time span: 2024-2027.

• "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ transition from high school to post-secondary education" funded by German Research Foundation (DFG), 104.900 Euro. Time span: 2021-2022.

• "Primary intervention in the beginning of life. Effects of the Pro Kind Intervention in adolescence" funded by German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 112.524 Euro. Time span: 2020-2023.

• "What Works in Prenatal Home Visiting Programmes: Experimental Evidence from England and Germany" funded by Nuffield Foundation, £5.174. Time span: 2018-2021.

• "Health Economic Outcomes of the Pro Kind Follow-up-Survey" funded by German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 107.493 Euro. Time span: 2015-2018.