Welcome to my personal webpage. I am an auction economist during the day, water polo coach in the evening, stand up comic at night, and game theorist at heart with a secret passion for energy. 

Prior to becoming the Director for Auction Economics at Tripadvisor, I concluded my PhD in Economics at Rice University. My research connects market design with computational game and auction theory to examine electricity systems with a very high share of intermittent renewables like wind and solar. In addition, I examined some geopolitical consequences of such a comprehensive energy transition, which gained unfortunate relevance due to the Russian invasion in the Ukraine and the interruption of gas supply to my home country Germany.