Resumé

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Positions

October 2022 - present:
Research Scientist at Google Zurich, working in the Data Generation team headed by Thabo Beeler within Google AR/VR
July 2019 - November 2019:
Research Intern at Facebook Reality Labs (now Reality Labs Research, Meta) in Pittsburgh with Yaser Sheikh
June 2015 - October 2015:
Student Research Assistant at the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik with Prof. Dr. Christian Theobalt

April 2016 - December 2020:
Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Computer Science supervised by Prof. Dr. Christian Theobalt at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany and the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
Title of PhD Thesis: Real-Time 3D Hand Reconstruction in Challenging Scenes From a Single Color or Depth Camera, Grade: Summa Cum Laude [pdf]
March 2015 - December 2020:
Member of the Graduate School of Computer Science at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
June 2018 - September 2018:
Research Visit at Stanford University hosted by Prof. Leonidas Guibas, Geometric Computation Group
April 2015 - March 2016:
Master in Computer Science at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Title of Master's Thesis: Real-Time Hand-Object Tracking Using a Single Depth Camera (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Theobalt) [pdf]
October 2012 - March 2015:
Bachelor in Computer Science at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Title of Bachelor's Thesis: Real-Time Hand Tracking Using Hybrid Pose Optimization (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Theobalt) [pdf]
June 2012:
Abitur at the Warndtgymnasium Völklingen, Germany

October 2021:
Dr. Eduard Martin Award for the best PhD graduates from Saarland University
November 2018:
Best Academic Paper Award at the ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) 2018
October 2017:
Best Poster Award at the 3rd Workshop on Observing and Understanding Hands in Action (HANDS 2017)
April 2017:
Google PhD Fellowship 2017 (in Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision)
February 2017:
Frauen-MINT-Award 2016, awarded for the Master's Thesis
December 2016:
Award from the Erich-F.-Bläse Foundation for Research and Science for the Master's Thesis
November 2016:
Günter-Hotz-Medal (award for the best Master graduates in Computer Science at Saarland University)
May 2015:
Bachelor Award (for the best Bachelor graduates in Computer Science at Saarland University)
October 2013 - March 2016:
German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) scholarship
April 2013 - February 2015:
Member of the Bachelor Honors Program (special support program for talented and ambitious Bachelor students in Computer Science)
October 2012 - September 2013:
Deutschlandstipendium scholarship
June 2012:
Völklinger Abiturpreis (award for the best high school diploma in the city of Völklingen)