About Me

I am an Applied Scientist at Amazon Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) - Nova in Berlin, focused on foundation models. I bring 8+ years of experience across AI, machine learning, data science, GenAI systems, knowledge graphs, scalable ML, and applied AI product development.

My work connects research curiosity with systems that have to work under real constraints: data quality, evaluation, latency, cost, governance, sustainability, and user trust. I am especially motivated by science, AI for social good, and technologies that can make our lives better while keeping democratic societies resilient.

Profile

My strongest overlap is between foundation-model research, enterprise GenAI, and responsible AI engineering. Before joining Amazon AGI - Nova, I worked on LLM product development and consulting at Comma Soft AG, and on scalable distributed machine learning for knowledge graphs at the University of Bonn.

Selected capabilities:

• Foundation models: pretraining, data curation, benchmarks, supervised fine-tuning
• GenAI systems: LLM evaluation, RAG, model selection, fine-tuning, response verification
• Research: scalable ML for knowledge graphs, explainable AI, ethical AI, sustainable ML
• Translation: connecting scientific ideas, product constraints, and understandable communication

What I Care About

I care about AI systems that are technically strong, explainable enough to reason about, and useful for real people and organizations. That means asking not only whether a model is powerful, but also how it is evaluated, what data it depends on, where it runs, what trade-offs it creates, and who benefits from it.

Profiles: LinkedIn · GitHub · ResearchGate

Experience

Applied Scientist, Amazon Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) - Nova (Nov 2025 - present)

Research and development on foundation models, with a focus on pretraining, data curation, benchmarks, and supervised fine-tuning.

Applied AI Scientist / Machine Learning Consultant, Alan by Comma Soft AG (Jul 2023 - Oct 2025)

Worked on enterprise GenAI and LLM systems, including standalone AIaaS, LLM training and fine-tuning, autonomous hybrid model evaluation, model selection, RAG, response verification, image GenAI, and scalability optimization.

AI Research Fellow, University of Bonn (Jan 2020 - Jun 2023)

Conducted research on machine learning, explainable AI, ethical AI, sustainable ML, distributed computing, and knowledge graph analytics. Contributed to open source software, scientific publications, thesis supervision, and EU H2020 energy-sector research around data analytics, edge computing, and IDS-compliant data marketplaces.

Data Scientist, Fedger.io (Sep 2018 - Dec 2019)

Built data science and machine learning solutions across computer vision, knowledge graphs, neural networks, data harmonization, data cleanup, and web crawling.

IT Process Manager, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority - BaFin (Oct 2016 - Sep 2018)

Process management • Change management • IBM Control Desk • IT service management

Virtual Reality Engineer, Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics (Mar 2016 - Oct 2016)

Research and development as well as project management of a virtual reality environment for visualizing modern chip designs. The project became part of the Arithmeum museum exhibition.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science - Machine Learning, University of Bonn (Jan 2020 - Dec 2022)

Dissertation: Scalable Distributed Machine Learning for Knowledge Graphs. Graduated magna cum laude. Focus areas included scalable ML, knowledge graphs, ethical AI, and sustainability in KG-based ML.

M.Sc. in Computer Science - Intelligent Systems, University of Bonn (Apr 2017 - Jul 2019)

Focus areas included machine learning, NLP, AI, robotics, neural networks, knowledge graph analysis, and genetic programming.

B.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Bonn (Oct 2013 - Dec 2016)

Focus areas included AI, algorithms, math, robotics, IT security, databases, and business administration.

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate (Aug 2023 - Aug 2026)

Doctorate Plus - Business and Organizations, University of Bonn (2021 - 2023)

Extra-Curricular Activities

Mentor, University of Bonn (2014 - 2019)

Supported new students, especially international students, with bureaucracy, university structures, technical setup, and social integration.

Initiative for Refugees (2016 - 2019)

Cultural, sport, and networking events for refugees and internationals.

Scholarship BaFin IT: Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (2013 - 2016)