About

I lead the Junior Research Group Integrative Food Systems Analysis at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Velten lab working on machine learning methods to analyze spatial omics data. Prior to my current role, I was a PhD Student in Bioinformatics in the LipiTUM group group at the Technical University of Munich.

The main focus of my research group lies on computational methods for the interpretation and integration of different omics and imaging data in the context of food biology. For developing these algorithms we are utilising methods from (classical) graph-theory, machine learning, and deep-learning. The long-term goal is to contribute to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms behind the sensorial and bioactive properties of food. Read more about our research here.

In the past, I have spend quite some time on applications in biomedical and plant science, as well.

For details on my road to becoming a Junior PI, please refer to my academic CV