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Research Associate (PhD Researcher)

Leibniz University Hannover — Institute of Information Processing (TNT)

PhD research on the interpretability of visual foundation models.

Student Assistant

Leibniz University Hannover — Institute of Information Processing (TNT)

• Development, adaptation, and training of recommender systems based on graph neural networks for the fashion industry.
• Use of quadratic programming and prototype/concept-based approaches to make visual foundation models (Vision Transformers such as DINOv2) interpretable (XAI).

Machine Learning Engineer

Continental — Machine Intelligence, Digital Solutions Tires

• Training and implementation of convolutional neural networks with TensorFlow.
• Integration and networking of industrial cameras in an inspection system using TwinCAT and Python.
• Development of a graphical user interface in Python.
• Robot simulations with RoboDK.

Bachelor Thesis

Continental — Machine Intelligence, Digital Solutions Tires (joint with TNT, Leibniz University Hannover)

Development of a machine-learning-based system for the identification of process phases in an industrial rubber mixer from infrared camera images.

Student Assistant

HIS-Institut für Hochschulentwicklung e.V.

• VBA programming for MS Excel evaluations.
• Technical implementation of hybrid events (OBS Studio, Zoom, MS PowerPoint), including online integration of speakers.
• General support activities with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Access).

Prototype Engineer

Continental — InnoLab Tires

• Built a test stand for spraying tires, integrating a 2D and 3D camera system and image-processing control of a collaborative robot.
• Extended a conveyor-belt auto-loading trainer with a 2D/3D camera system and collaborative-robot control.
• Developed a chess-playing collaborative-robot demonstrator, including gripping system and Python control.
• Built a measurement system for quality inspection of tire sensor systems (2D camera, image processing, evaluation).
• Built a test rig to measure temperature sensitivity of a sensor system, controlling a heating system via Raspberry Pi.

Student Assistant

Leibniz University Hannover — Institute of Transport and Automation Technology (ITA)

Group Leader in Youth Work

Johanneskirchengemeinde Empelde

Supervision of groups of younger children and projects in church youth work.

Childcare Worker

Johanneskirchengemeinde Empelde

Running a reading club for local, socially disadvantaged children.

M.Sc.

Leibniz University Hannover

Business Administration and Engineering

• Specialisation in Operations and Information Management, Digitalisation and Automation.

Study Abroad

University of Technology Sydney

Information Technology

• Member of the CSEC Club, Chess Club, and UTS Handball Club.

B.Sc.

Leibniz University Hannover

Business Administration and Engineering

DINO-QPM: Adapting Visual Foundation Models for Globally Interpretable Image Classification

CVPR 2026 Workshops — 5th Explainable AI for Computer Vision (XAI4CV)

A lightweight interpretability adapter that turns frozen DINOv2 features into contrastive, class-independent representations for globally interpretable image classification, with spatially localisable features and a sparsity loss for grounded explanations.

Dean's List

Leibniz University Hannover

Academic honour awarded for outstanding performance during studies.