I am a Senior Research Fellow (PostDoc) at the Max PIanck Institute for Behavioral Economics. I received my PhD in Economics from the University of Cologne in 2025. In spring 2024, I was visiting Stanford University by invitation of Eric Bettinger.

My research explores how targeted interventions can effectively change behavior in line with policy goals. Part of my work focuses on financial student aid, aiming to understand why students don’t claim their entitlements and how interventions can encourage take-up. An overview of the results for German practitioners can be found here.

My PhD-advisors were Matthias Sutter, Pia Pinger, and Bettina Rockenbach.

If you are interested in my research or want to chat, feel free to contact me through the following channels: