Professional experience and education


since 15/03/2010   Akademischer Rat a.Z.
  at Jena University Hospital, Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,
  Friedrich-Schiller University Jena; member of the Paul-Martini-Clinical Sepsis Research Unit.
since 10/2007   Statistical consultant
02/2008-14/03/2010   Akademischer Rat a.Z.
  associated to the chair for Stochastics of the University of Bayreuth
10/2007 - 01/2008   Head of chair for Stochastics
  interim professor for winter semester 2007/08 at the University of Bayreuth
03/2006 - 09/2007   Head of Biostatistics
  SIRS-Lab GmbH (Jena)
12/2005   Doctorate with distinction (summa cum laude)
04/2005 - 04/2006   Freelance Statistician/Mathematician
10/2000 - 03/2005   Scientific Assistant
  Chair for "Mathematical Statistics" at the University of Bayreuth
09/2000   Diploma in Mathematics
  University of Bayreuth
08/1999-01/2000   Insurance Mathematician (part time)
  HUK-Coburg, Department: Private Health Insurance/Mathematics


Since 15 March 2010 I am Akademischer Rat a.Z. (comparable to Assistant Professor/Lecturer) at the Jena University Hospital, Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena and member of the Paul-Martini-Clinical Sepsis Research Unit.


Research interests

  • Biostatistics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Robust Asymptotic Statistics
  • Robust Statistics and R
  • Computational Statistics
  • Data Mining

Further topics
  • Biomarker development and validation
  • Molecular diagnostics
  • Robust regression models
  • Robust time series models
  • Convergence of robust models
  • Exact finite-sample results and higher order asymptotics
  • Robust adaptivity
  • Bootstrap of robust estimators

Teaching

Lectures:
  1. "R for Advanced Learners" (SS 2008)
  2. "Software Supplements to Statistical Methods II" (SS 2008, SS 2009)
  3. "Introduction to R" (WS 2007/08, WS 2008/09)
  4. "Introduction to Stochastics" (WS 2007/08)
  5. "Software Supplements to Statistical Methods I" (WS 2007/08, WS 2008/09)

Seminars:
  1. "Getting Started with Stochastics" (SS 2009)

Exercise Courses:
  1. "Stochastic Processes" (SS 2009)
  2. "Probability Theory II" (WS 2008/09)
  3. "Probability Theory" (SS 2008, SS 2009)
  4. "Introduction to R" (WS 2007/08, WS 2008/09)
  5. "Stochastics I" (WS 2001/02, WS 2002/03, WS 2003/04, WS 2004/05)
  6. "Stochastics II" (SS 2002, SS 2003, SS 2004)
  7. "Linear Models" (SS 2003)
  8. "Introduction to R/S-Plus" (SS 2002)
  9. "Robust Statistics" (WS 2001/02, WS 2008/09)
  10. "Linear and Generalised Linear Models" (SS 2001)
  11. "Time series analysis" (SS 2001)
  12. "Multivariate Statistics" (WS 2000/01)
  13. "Mathematics for Scientists" (WS 2000/01)

Memberships

  • German Mathematical Society (DMV) – Department Stochastics
  • German Statistical Society (DStatG)
  • The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
  • German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometrics, and Epidemiology (gmds)