Independent career: Independent research group leader June 2023 – CZS Research Group at the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications Jena (HIPOLE Jena). Member of the Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany) and the Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM). Member of Michael Stifel Center Jena for Data-Driven and Simulation Science. Co-Leader of the “Artificial-intelligence Toolkit” of the FAIRMat NFDI consortium (Task E7). Education: Ph.D. in chemistry and chemical engineering Aug 2019 – June 2023 École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Received Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation award for outstanding Ph.D. work. Doctoral program Top 8% Thesis Distinction. MSc. in chemistry (high distinction, 5.95/6.00) Sep 2017 – July 2019 École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. 2nd best GPA among all master graduates at EPFL, best GPA in chemistry Certificate of Extended Studies in Applied Data Science Feb 2019 École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. BSc. in chemistry (high distinction, 1.2/1.0) Oct 2014 – Aug 2017 Technical University of Munich, Germany. Abitur (1.1/1.0) Sep 2006 – Jul 2014 Wieland Gymnasium, Biberach an der Riss, Germany. Work experience: Independent Contractor, OpenAI Red Teaming Network Jan 2024 – Participated in OpenAI led red teaming efforts to assess the risks and safety profile of models and systems. Intern Quantum Chemistry & Molecular Simulation Sep 2018 – Feb 2019 BASF Corporation, Tarrytown, NY, USA. • Implemented a workflow for training ML models to predict the thermodynamic stability of zeolites (including automatic structure generation and DFT calculations) that is now regularly used by researchers at BASF. • Built ML models to predict surfactant properties, which led to a collaboration on using active learning for Pareto-optimal materials design. Scientific Support Non-Clinical Pharmacokinetics Jul 2014 – Sep 2014 Boehringer-Ingelheim, Biberach an der Riss, Germany. Honors and awards: • Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation award for outstanding Ph.D. thesis (2023). • Outstanding reviewer for Digital Discovery (2022). • Swiss Academy of Sciences Chemistry Travel Award (2022, 1 kCHF). • Member of the CAS FutureLeaders 2022 cohort. • 2nd best GPA among all master graduates at EPFL, best GPA in chemistry (BASF prize, 2019). • Alfred-Werner scholarship (approx. 20 kCHF) by the Swiss Chemical Society (2017). • Member of the BASF European Talent Pool (2015–). • Scholarship by the German scholarship foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, 2015). • Scholarship Deutschlandstipendium (2015). • 3rd prize in Chemistry and future technology prize (awarded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research) at the national German science fair “Jugend forscht” (2014). • Silver medal at the International Conference of Young Scientists in Bali, Indonesia (2013).