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My CV as of 2025-05-13.

Education

  • 2024 - now
    PhD Psychology
    Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • Thesis: Understanding Publication Bias Using Large Language Models and Behavioral Methods
    • Advisors: Dr. Helen Niemeyer & Prof. Christine Knaevelsrud
  • 2021 - 2023
    MSc Psychology
    University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
    • Thesis: Abstract Classification for Publication Bias Research in Clinical Psychology Using Natural Language Processing
    • Advisors: Dr. Helen Niemeyer & Dr. Jochen Laubrock
  • 2018 - 2021
    BSc Psychology
    University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
    • Thesis: Parental Quality of Life After the Child's Intensive Therapy: A Longitudinal Study on Parents of Pediatric Cancer Patients
    • Advisors: Prof. Jenny Wagner & Prof. Laura Inhestern
  • 2014 - 2018
    BA Sociology and Technology Studies
    Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • Thesis: Medicalization of homelessness? On the discursive construction of the connection between traumatic brain injury and homelessness
    • Advisors: Dr. René Tuma & Prof. Jan-Peter Voß
    • Minor: Human Factors Engineering

Experience

  • 2024 - now
    Research Assistant
    Computational Modeling Group, Institute for Psychology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
  • 2023 - 2024
    Research Assistant
    Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2021 - 2023
    Student Research Assistant
    Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2019 - 2021
    Student Research Assistant
    Institute for Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
  • 2018 - 2019
    Student Research Assistant
    Institute for Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
  • 2018 - 2019
    Student Research Assistant
    Department of General Sociology and Theory of Modern Societies, Technical University of Berlin
  • 2018
    Intern
    Berliner Stadtmission, Haus Leo, Berlin

Academic Interests

  • Computational Cognitive Science
    • Computational modeling of language production processes
    • Psycholinguistics
  • Machine Learning
    • Biases in ML & large language models
    • Natural Language Processing for research synthesis
  • Meta-Research & Publication Bias
    • Publication bias
    • Political bias
    • Academic decision making

Machine Learning Models

  • 2023
    NegativeResultDetector
    • Fine-tuned SciBERT text classification model for positive and negative results prediction in scientific abstracts of clinical psychology and psychotherapy.