Publications: Reducing Stochastic Games to Semidefinite Programming (with Manuel Bodirsky, Mateusz Skomra), The Real Tropical Geometry of Neural Networks (with Marie-Charlotte Brandenburg, Guido Montúfar), Oriented Matroids from Triangulations of Products of Simplices (with Marcel Celaya, Chi Ho Yuen). Current PhD students: Matthew Maat (with Tom van Dijk), Katarina Krivokuća (with Giulia Codenotti), Andrei Balakin (with Martin Skutella).
Research Experience
Guest professor at FU Berlin since September 2023; Assistant professor at University of Twente since June 2021 (currently on leave); Long-term participant HIM Trimester Program in Bonn, Sept 2021 - Dec 2021; Substitute Professor at Universität Kassel, Oct 2020 - Mar 2021; Postdoc at Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics, Funded by the ERC Starting Grant of László A. Végh (no. 757481), Jan 2019 - Sept 2020; Postdoc at EPFL (with Friedrich Eisenbrand), 2018.
Education
Ph.D. student at TU Berlin (with Michael Joswig), 2013 - 2017; Diploma in mathematics, Universität Würzburg (Supervisor Peter Müller), 2008 - 2012.
Background
Broadly interested in the interplay between geometric and combinatorial objects with applications in optimization, data science, machine learning; improvement of teaching via modern methods; sustainability in research and society.
Miscellany
Interests include improving teaching quality through modern methods and promoting sustainability in both research and society.