Hi! I am a postdoctoral researcher in discrete mathematics at Paderborn University, working in the collaborative research center Integral Structures in Geometry and Representation Theory, which is funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation). I earned my doctorate from Paderborn University under the supervision of Kai-Uwe Schmidt.

Previously, I obtained my bachelor’s and master’s degree in Mathematics (both with a minor in Physics) at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany. During my master’s studies, I was an exchange student at NTNU Trondheim, Norway.

My main research lies within algebraic combinatorics. In particular, I study problems connected to coding theory and design theory. I am especially interested in codes and designs as subsets of association schemes and using methods from optimization theory to solve questions arising in combinatorics and related fields such as finite geometry.

Furthermore, I am passionate about promoting inclusivity and diversity in the academic community.

News

Nov 23: My preprint Nontrivial t-designs in polar spaces exist for all t is on arXiv.

Jun 23: The paper Existence of small ordered orthogonal arrays was published in Journal of Combinatorial Designs.

Mar 23: The paper Packings and Steiner systems in polar spaces was published in Combinatorial Theory.

Feb 23: I defended my dissertation at Paderborn University.

Travel & Talks

Jun 24: I will give a talk at Combinatorics 2024 in Carovigno (Br), Italy.

May 24: I will give an invited seminar talk at University of Rostock, Germany.

Apr 24: I will give a talk at Combinatorial Constructions Conference (CCC) in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Jan 24: I will give an invited talk in the Oberseminar Groups and Geometry at Bielefeld University, Germany.

Dec 23: I am an invited speaker for the 1-day-colloquium On the mathematics of Frédéric Vanhove at Ghent University, Belgium.