Education
| 04/2015 – 01/2019 | Doctoral program “Psychology” (Dr. rer. nat, summa cum laude), TU Chemnitz Doctoral thesis: Load-inducing factors in instructional design: Process-related advances in theory and assessment [PDF] Submitted: October 26, 2018 Defended: January 22, 2019 |
| 10/2012 – 12/2014 | Master program “Human Factors” (M.Sc.), TU Berlin Master thesis: Smart@load? Modeling interruption while using a Smartphone-app in alternating workload conditions [PDF] |
| 04/2009 – 09/2012 | Bachelor program “Psychology” (B.Sc.), University of Hagen Bachelor thesis: Experimental induction of attention distraction within the seductive detail effect [PDF] [Original title: Experimentelle Induktion beeinträchtigter Aufmerksamkeit im Kontext des seductive detail Effekts] |
| 03/2008 – 03/2009 | Vocational training program “Personal Coach”, European University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg |
| 09/2002 – 01/2006 | Diploma program “Inclusive Education” (Heilpädagogik), Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Bochum Diploma thesis: “It’s easy to be a brother, but hard to be a sister?” – Gender-related perspectives on the situation of disabled childrens’ brothers and sisters [PDF] [Original title: “Bruder sein das ist nicht schwer, Schwester sein dagegen sehr?” – Geschlechtsspezifische Betrachtungsweisen zur Situation von Geschwistern behinderter Kinder und Jugendlicher] |
Professional positions
| 03/2026 – present | Full professor (W3)/ Head of department “Applied Cognition and Informatics Education“, University of Stuttgart Teaching focus: Didactics of computer science, Ethical and social implications of computer science, Child-computer interaction, Modelling and simulation of social and cognitive dynamics, Psychological foundations of teaching and learning |
| 03/2020 – 03/2026 | Tenure-track professor (W1)/ Head of department “Teaching and Learning with Intelligent Systems”, University of Stuttgart Teaching focus: Psychological foundations of teaching and learning, User-centered design of intelligent technologies, Informatics and media education, Ethical reflections on AI and data in education, Critical reflection in simulation science |
| 11/2018 – 03/2020 | Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen |
| 04/2018 – 10/2018 | Doctoral researcher, Psychology of Learning with Digital Media, TU Chemnitz |
| 04/2017 – 10/2018 | Junior lecturer, Psychology of Learning with Digital Media, TU Chemnitz Teaching focus: Statistics, Scripting, Instructional psychology, Interactive learning media |
| 09/2018 | Visiting researcher, Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Modeling Group, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 04/2015 – 03/2018 | Doctoral researcher, Interdisciplinary Research Training Group CrossWorlds (GRK 1780, funded by the German Research Foundation), TU Chemnitz |
| 02/2018 | Guest lecturer (Erasmus+ program), Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic Teaching focus: Designing conducive instructions in digital learning contexts – Insights into psychological foundations and current research |
| 01/2015 – 03/2015 | Researcher and lecturer, Cognitive Modeling in dynamic Human-Machine Systems, TU Berlin Teaching focus: Modeling and simulation in human-machine systems |
| 01/2013 – 09/2014 | Teaching assistant, Human-Machine Systems, TU Berlin Teaching focus: Programming for psychologists, Robotics project, Interdisciplinary project in systems engineering, Exercise human-machine systems |
| 09/2010 – 12/2010 | Research intern, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin |
| 04/2009 – 06/2010 | Lecturer, Vocational Training Center of the Bavarian Economy (bfz), Aschaffenburg Teaching focus: Literacy, Fine motor control, Action planning |
| 09/2006 – 12/2008 | Pre-primary education professional in Germany and Switzerland |
Scientific offices and involvement (ongoing)
| 10/2026 – present | Study dean for high school teacher training and educational science, University of Stuttgart |
| 04/2026 – present | Head of the section “Computer Science Education”, Professional School of Education, Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg |
| 12/2025 – present | Faculty, International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems (IMPRS-IS), Tübingen-Stuttgart |
| 10/2023 – present | Scientific member, Center for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen-Stuttgart (BITS) |
| 02/2023 – present | Member of the Steering Committee, Postdoc College “Technology-supported innovations in subject-specific teaching-settings” (TEIFUN), Professional School of Education Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg |
| 05/2022 – 03/2026 | Elisabeth Schiemann Fellow, Elisabeth Schiemann Kolleg, Max Planck Society |
| 08/2021 – present | Member of the Executive Board, Artificial Intelligence Software Academy (AISA), University of Stuttgart |
| 03/2021 – present | Faculty member, Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science (SC SimTech), University of Stuttgart |
| 02/2021 – present | Spokesperson, Stuttgart Research Focus “Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems”, University of Stuttgart |
| 03/2020 – present | Faculty member, Cyber Valley, Tübingen-Stuttgart |
| 07/2019 – present | National affiliate, LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, University of Tübingen |