Resume

About me

I’m a cognitive neuroscientist with experience in complex data analysis, structured project work, and interdisciplinary collaboration. I enjoy working at the intersection of rigorous thinking and societal impact, and I value environments where curiosity, responsibility, and teamwork matter. Alongside my academic background, I trained in Gestalt psychotherapy and counseling and have practiced Zen meditation for several years, both of which have deeply shaped how I approach people, work, and learning. My interests are diverse and interdisciplinary and I believe that a better future is shaped through education, evidence-based policymaking, inner development, and long-term sustainable solutions.

My PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in cognitive developmental neuroscience was in the research group led by Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany. My project focused on early precursors of Theory of Mind – the ability to infer what other people are thinking – in infancy and their neural foundations. With this, we aim at understanding how shared attention may guide infants’ mental representations and thus serve as a building block for later developing social cognitive abilities.

On a broader scale, I am interested in the intersection of psychology, spirituality, art, science and societal transformation. Some of the questions that drive me are: What are the principles underlying inner and outer change? What are the aspects promoting a healthy and satisfactory life? What inspires people to change their perspective in a sustained way? How is wisdom cultivated and embodied?

And how does all of this impact the ways in which we act towards ourselves, within society and our natural environment?

Topics I care about

• Indigenous worldviews
• Consciousness & altered states
• Body-oriented (trauma) therapies
• Learning to see through systems (patriarchy, capitalism, colonialism)
• Art & design