Current work

AI Engineering

I help turn modern AI capability into dependable systems that support real teams and real operating problems. I keep client specifics confidential, so this site focuses on the kinds of work I care about.

Applied AI Tools

Building AI-enabled tools that fit naturally into how people already work, with a focus on usefulness over novelty.

Process Improvement

Looking for repeated manual steps, information bottlenecks, and decision points where careful automation can make work smoother.

Knowledge Systems

Helping teams capture, structure, search, and reuse complex information through thoughtful AI systems and interfaces.

Working style

How I Work

I aim to be the kind of engineer clients enjoy working with: clear, curious, helpful, and careful with the details.

Translate Complexity

I like making technical ideas understandable, whether that means explaining progress, surfacing blockers, or turning fuzzy requirements into concrete next steps.

Own The Details

I care about code quality, accuracy, dependable delivery, and security, especially as AI systems move quickly into sensitive business processes.

Learn In Public

AI engineering moves quickly, so I stay adaptable: testing new tools, learning from mistakes, and keeping the focus on business value.

Collaborate Well

I value respectful collaboration and active listening, especially when bridging technical implementation and operational goals.

Background

Past Life As A Mathematician

Before moving into AI engineering, I studied mathematics at the University of Bonn. My interests included stable homotopy theory, algebraic geometry, and chromatic homotopy theory. I still keep this work visible because it shaped how I learn, explain, and organise complex material.

Publication

A construction of deformations to general algebras

Co-authored with Dora Puljic and Agata Smoktunowicz. Published in 2023, with links to the DOI and a related talk.

2023

Master's thesis

Master's Thesis

A longer piece of mathematical writing from my time at the University of Bonn.

PDF

Organised seminar

Shimura Varieties and their Canonical Models

Introductory seminar organised with Fabian Schnelle in Sommersemester 2025 at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics.

Syllabus Talk 2 notes Talk 3 notes

Organised seminar

K(n)-local and T(n)-local Ambidexterity

Wintersemester 2024/2025 seminar organised with Itamar Mor on ambidexterity in chromatic homotopy theory.

Syllabus

Workshop organisation

Kleine AT I - Spectral Sequences and the Even Filtration

Co-organised and cofounded with Tobias Barthel and Wern Juin Gabriel Ong. Kleine AT is a one-day workshop series for early-career algebraic topologists in NRW and nearby regions.

Kleine AT

Workshop organisation

Kleine AG - Canonical models of Shimura Varieties

Meeting organised with Abhijit Aryampilly Jayanthan in March 2025.

Event page Report

Archive

Writing And Notes

Informal notes, seminar material, and writing from my mathematical work.

A Story about Schemes Informal notes introducing schemes through affine schemes and commutative rings. Stable infinity-Categories and t-structures Notes for a seminar based on Lurie's Higher Algebra. Bachelor's Dissertation Earlier mathematical writing kept as part of the archive.

Community

Conferences And Workshops

A selection of workshops and conferences I attended while active in mathematics.

Contact

Get In Touch

If you are looking for a friendly AI engineer who enjoys making complex things useful, I would be happy to connect.

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