Research Focus
Constitutional and Administrative Law, Legislative and Judicial Decision-Making, Empirical Legal Studies, (Behavioral) Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Comparative Public Law
Academic Career
- Since 2016: Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (Prof. Dr. Christoph Engel)
- 2016: Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.), University of Würzburg (Germany) (summa cum laude). Doctoral thesis on: “Finanzkrise und Verfassung” (The Financial Crisis and the Constitution). First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Helmuth Schulze-Fielitz, Second Advisor: Prof. Dr. Horst Dreier
- 2016: Second State Exam in Law (German Bar Exam), ranked: 4 of 2151
- 2015: Admission as Attorney-at-Law (New York)
- 2014–2016: Legal Clerkship, i.a. District Court of Bonn (Division for Commercial Cases) and German Federal Constitutional Court (Prof. Dr. Andreas Voßkuhle)
- 2013–2016: Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn (Germany)
- 2012–2013: Visiting Scholar, Arizona State University College of Law, Phoenix (U.S.)
- 2011–2012: Visiting Researcher, Yale Law School, New Haven (U.S.)
- 2010–2011: Master of Laws (LL.M.), Yale Law School, New Haven (U.S.)
- 2009–2010: Research and Teaching Assistant, Chair for Public Law, Environmental Law, and Administrative Sciences (Prof. Dr. Helmuth Schulze-Fielitz), University of Würzburg (Germany)
- 2009: First State Exam in Law (J.D. equivalent), ranked: 1 of 1408
- 2009: Europajuristin (Univ. Würzburg), ranked: 1 of 57
- 2005–2009: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Chair for Public Law, Environmental Law, and Administrative Sciences, University of Würzburg (Germany)
- 2003–2009: Studies of Law and European Law, University of Würzburg (Germany) and University of Bergen (Norway)
Scholarships and Honors (selection)
- 2011–2012: German Academic Exchange Service (merit-based scholarship for doctoral research)
- 2010–2011: German National Academic Foundation – European Recovery Program, German Academic Exchange Service, Hogan Lovells LLP, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (for all: merit-based scholarships for LL.M. studies)
- 2010: Fulbright Commission (merit-based scholarship for LL.M. studies, declined)
- 2009: Wolfgang-Kuhlen-Award (best graduate of the First Legal Exam 2008/II of the University of Würzburg)
- 2009: Alumni-Europe-Award (best academic performance at the European Law Studies of the University of Würzburg)
- 2007–2009: German National Academic Foundation (merit-based scholarship)