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About Me

🌍 I am (becoming) a climate scientist.
📙 I am curious.
🌊 I am a surfer.
📷 I am a photographer.


What I’m Working On

  1. PhD in Climate Science: Besides my graduations in higher mathematics, economics, and sports I studies Ocean & Climate Physics at the University of Hamburg. I finished my Masters Degree in 2022 and started my PhD-Position in 2023 at the Helmholtz-Center Hereon. Helmholtz-Center Hereon

  2. Extreme Events and Their Physical Mechanisms: In my PhD I focus on Weather and Climate Extremes, their possible Impacts and their underlying Physical Drivers with and emphasize on Wind Extremes.

  3. While studying, I started Graduates. We helped hundreds of students to understand math and economics in an easy way. Mainly we give private tutoring and online courses.

  4. Just recently I started @youcation. Our goal is to incorporate SDGs into education and everyday life.

  5. On my surf trips I take pictures along the way, mostly of landscapes or surfers.
    Let me know if you like my favorite pictures!

  6. On this site I write articles about my work in climate science, share my experience in surf photography, summarize books that I’ve enjoyed, and let you know how I am staying productive.


Other Stuff

  1. I worked up in the mountains as a service manager in Austria to follow my passion for snowboarding.
    The last two summers I was working in France for the Vegan Surfcamp as a photographer and enjoyed some waves in my free time.

  2. In 2016 I studied abroad in South Africa and since then started my passion in photography thanks to a friend I met there, who happened to take amazing pictures.
    Check out his amazing work!


Get in Touch

  • Instagram – Feel free to get in touch with me regarding any topic.
    I check my messages once a week and answer mostly ~40% of them.
    If you have a specific question regarding my posts, it is more likely that I reply.

  • Email – Please get in touch via email for any business inquiries or longer messages. Like my DMs on Instagram, I check my emails once a week but reply to all of them.