Who I am: early career researcher (PhD candidate) and mental health advocate
Currently at
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Institute of Psychology, Department of Personality and Differential Psychology
- PhD candidate (supervisor Prof. Boris Egloff)
- Research Fellow, Lecturer (Psychological Assessments, current semester 2026/27)
- Paper: Personality Expression and Perception in Large Language Models and Humans (Scientific Reports)
- current research project: Can Visual Language Models infer psychological traits of Instagram users?
- current research project: Testing Verbal Intelligence and Output Properties in Large Language Models through Neuropsychological Tasks
Education
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Institute of Psychology
- 2026-current: PhD, Personality and Differential Psychology
- 2023-2025: M.Sc. Psychology
- 2020-2023: B.Sc. Psychology
- Eleonorenschule Darmstadt (High School)
- 2010-2018: Graduated with Abitur (Diploma, 1.0)
- 2015: enrolled in Hochbegabtenförderung (Gifted Education Program)
- 2015: literary award for autobiographical dramatic short story
- Australian Science and Mathematics School (High School)
- June-December 2015: 6-month international student program in Adelaide, South Australia
Further Training
- GESIS Training
- 2026: Workshop "Computer Vision"
- 2026: Workshop "Introduction to Python"
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 2025: Data Studies (extracurricular course)
- 2025: Python (Studium generale)
Skills
- Languages:
- German (native)
- English (C2)
- Spanish (A1)
- Statistical Analysis:
- Descriptive and Inferential Statistics (SPSS, R, Statistica)
- Machine Learning (R): Supervised / Unsupervised Learning, Decision Trees
Programming: R, Python, SPSS, HTML5
- Video Editing: Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro