Miscellaneous
About Me
I was born in Munich and grew up in Hamburg, where I completed my high school diploma. At the age of 15, I moved to Orotina, Costa Rica for a high school exchange. I also spent a social year in Trujillo, Peru before studying in Passau and eventually moving to Magdeburg. I am currently a visiting researcher in Melbourne.
Mentoring
- 2025–2026
- Mentee in WiE Mentoring, Dr. Karoline Ströhlein
- 2024–2025
- Mentee in WiE Mentoring, Dr. Yaprak Tavman
- 2022–2023
- Mentee in COMETiN Mentoring Program for Female Scientists, University of Magdeburg, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Karina Held
Community Service
- HR team member, The Women in Economics Initiative (WiE) (since Jan. 2026)
- Mentor in WiE Mentoring, Jayati Gupta (2025–2026)
- Teacher Volunteer, Primary School "Grundschule Kamminer Straße", Hamburg (2020–2021)
- Social Year in Trujillo, Peru (2012–2013)
- Assistant Coach for French Horn, "The Young ClassX" (2011–2012)
- Youth Group Leader, "Christuskirche Wandsbek", Hamburg (2010–2011)
Music
I play the French horn and am an active member of:
- Sinfonieorchester Magdeburger Musikfreunde
- Brass Ensemble, Conservatorium Georg Philipp Telemann
- A French horn quartet
Literature
In my spare time I love to read. I am particularly drawn to political crime novels, my favourite being the Dengler series by Wolfgang Schorlau, and to historical fiction, for what it teaches me about other times, other minds, and other feelings, such as Als Großmutter im Regen tanzte by Trude Teige and Stay Away from Gretchen by Susanne Abel.
Sport
Running is my way of staying active and clearing my head (Strava). In 2023, I ran the Palestine International Half Marathon in Bethlehem.
Early Work Experience
Since the age of 16, I have worked a wide variety of jobs, an experience that, in hindsight, may well have fuelled my curiosity for behavioral economics. These include working at Junge Bäckerei; as a Spanish tutor; as a secretary at Team Rasmussen translation agency; as a waitress at Shamrock Irish Pub and at several Bierfeste; as an after-school care supervisor at a primary school in Hamburg; as an intern in capital market analysis at Hamburger Sparkasse; as a research assistant at the Chair in Economics of Professor Johann Graf Lambsdorff; and as a German as a Foreign Language (DaF) teacher to people from various cultural backgrounds, including Honduras, Finland, and China.