Since 10/2020 Research associate at the department Media Effects and Media Psychology at the Institute for Communication Studies of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
09/2018–06/2020 Master of Science Communication Science (Research Master), graduated cum laude, University of Amsterdam
10/2014–04/2018 Bachelor of Arts Communication Studies (major) and Cultural Anthropology (minor), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Research interests in media reception and media effects:
- Self-regulated use of digital media
- Digital media and mental health
- Digital Disconnection
- Mobile media use and constant connectivity
- 01/2025 Best Paper Award (1st place) at the Annual Conference 2025 of the Reception and Impact Research subject group of the German Association for Communication Studies (DGPuK) (together with Julius Klingelhoefer and Adrian Meier).
- 06/2024 Best Paper Award (1st place) of the Mobile Communication Division at the 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) (together with Julius Klingelhoefer and Adrian Meier)
- 01/2024 Best Paper Award (1st place) at the 2024 Annual Conference of the subject group Reception and Effects Research of the German Association for Communication Studies (DGPuK) (together with Julius Klingelhoefer, Christoph Adrian and Adrian Meier)
- 09/2023 Best Paper Award (1st place) at the 13th Conference of the subject group Media Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) (together with Rebekka Kreling, Felix Dietrich and Leonard Reinecke)
- 09/2021 Paul Lazarsfeld fellowship of the Paul Lazarsfeld Society e.V. and the DGPuK subject group Methods of Communication Studies for particularly demanding or innovative study and final theses in the field of methods
- 01/2021 Best Paper Award at the Annual Conference of the subject group Reception and Effects Research of the German Association for Communication Studies (DGPuK) (together with Susanne Baumgartner and Leonard Reinecke)
- 05/2020 Top Student Paper (1st place) of the Communication & Technology Division at the 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) (together with Adrian Meier, Sophie Börner and Daniel Possler)
