Research Interests

Innovation and high technologies, regional and urban economics

Curriculum Vitae

since January 2012: Visiting Research Student at the London School of Economics
since April 2010: Doctoral candidate at Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie (KIT)
April 2010 - December 2010: Economics (M.A.), very good, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
April 2006 - January 2010: Mathematics, Social Sciences and Educational Sciences (state examination, with distinction, Master-equivalent), University of Hamburg

January - December 2011: Research Assistant, Unviersité de Strasbourg, France, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion / Bureau d'economie théorique et appliqueé
January 2011 - Februar 2011: Visiting PhD Unviersité de Strasbourg, France, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion / Bureau d'economie théorique et appliqueé
since April 2010: Research Assistant, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Chair in Economic Policy
October 2007 - January 2010: Student Assistant, Deputy office of Olaf Scholz, member national parliament and Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (retired)
September 2008 - October 2008: Internship "channel 5", abc network, newsroom, Boston, MA, USA
September 2006: Internship, afg PERSONAL, employee placement, Hamburg
März 2006: Praktikum bei afg PERSONAL, consulting / headhunting, Hamburg
January 2006 - February 2006: Internship, Deputy office of Olaf Scholz, member of national parliament

January 2012: "On the impact of local knowlegde endowment on employment in nanotechnology", DRUID Academy Conference, Cambridge, UK.
November 2011: "On the Impact of Local Knowledge Endowment on Firm Growth in Nanotechnology“, Doctoral Day BETA/KIT, Strasbourg, Frankreich
May 2011: "Die Geographie von Nanotechnologien Querschnittstechnologien als Innovationsmotor“, Young Talents – Science and Music, Karlsruhe
March 2011: "On the role of general purpose technologies within the Marshall-Jacobs controversy: the case of nanotechnologies", NanoWinterSchool, Grenoble, France
November 2010: "Specialization, Diversification and Creativity in Nanotechnologies", Workshop Managing Decisions in the Era of Creativity, Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe
October 2010: "The Geography of Nanotechnologies: Specialization vs. Diversification", S.NET 2^nd annual conference, Darmstadt
July 2010: "The Geography of Nanotechnologies: Specialization vs. Diversification", DIMETIC European Doctoral School, "Regional and Policy Dimensions of Innovation and Growth", Pécs, Hungary.

January - June 2012: KHYS scholarship for a research stay at the London School of Economics
June 2011: Alumni award for Young Economists of LMU Munich
since April 2011: German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes), postgraduate scholarship, maintenance grant
March 2011: Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS), travel grant for the participation at the NanoWinterSchool, Grenoble, France
January 2011 - March 2011: Land Baden-Württemberg, postgraduate scholarship, maintenance grant
October 2010: Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS), travel grant for the participation at the DIMETIC European Doctoral School, Pécs, Hungary
October 2006 - December 2010: German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes), undergraduate and graduate scholarship, maintenance grant