BA - M.Sc. - Dr. rer. pol
2013
Dr. rer. pol., Martin-Luther-University Halle–Wittenberg, Dissertation: “Green” Real Estate Investment: An Economic Perspective (summa cum laude), supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Blum & Prof. Dr. Claudia Becker
2007
Master of Science, Martin-Luther-University Halle–Wittenberg, Empirical Economics and Policy Advise
2004
Baccalaureus Artium, University of Erfurt, Law, Economics and Social Science
Awards and Rankings
Top 40 under 40 – Listed as Top Young Talent by Capital Business Magazine
Ranked Top 100 German Economist by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
Werner Lehmann-Preis, Science Prize of the Association of Private Bausparkassen
Luther-Urkunde of the Martin-Luther-University Halle–Wittenberg for an outstanding dissertation
Professional Positions and Teaching
since 2021
Chief Economist at German Association of research-based Pharmaceutical Companies (vfa)//
Managing Director Economic Policy
Lecturer of Economic Policy at Leuphana University Lueneburg
2018 - 2021
Head of the Forecasting and Economic Policy Department at DIW Berlin
2017 - 2021
Chairman of the German body of experts for construction- and housing market forecasts (Arbeitskreis Bau- und Wohnungsmarktprognostik)
Lecturer of Economic Policy at University of Potsdam
since 2016
Berlin Center for Consumer Policies (BCCP) Research Fellow
Lecturer of Economics at HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences
2015 – 2017
Berlin Economics Research Associate (BERA)
2013 – 2018
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Research Associate (post-doc), Departments Economic Policy and Forecasting, Climate Policy, and Firms and Markets
2012 – 2013
Head of Junior Research Group “Residential Real Estate Markets, Energy Efficiency Investment Decisions and Risk” (ReInvestRisk) at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
2007-2013
Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), Research Associate, Departments Urban Economics, Structural Economics