Curriculum Vitae
Scientific Projects
- Statistical inference on models for non-stationary extremes — ongoing research
 - Developed an 
Rpackage with aC++backend for bootstrapping block maxima, published on CRAN - Bootstrapping block maxima estimators for time series — resulted in a publication in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Statistical Methodology
 - On the maximal correlation coefficient for the bivariate Marshall–Olkin distribution — resulted in a publication in Statistics & Probability Letters
 - U-statistics of block maxima for time series — resulted in a publication in the Electronic Journal of Statistics
 
Grants
- International research stay grant — funding for my project proposal Sliding block maxima under non-stationarities. Included a 2-month stay in Belgium at the ISBA under the supervision of Prof. Johan Segers. Awarded to Torben Staud
 - Heinrich Heine University stipend — performance-based award funded by Provinzial Rheinland Versicherungen AG. Awarded to Torben Staud
 - DFG project — funding of my Ph.D. for three years. Awarded to Prof. Axel Bücher
 
University Education
Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics, Heinrich Heine and Ruhr Universities of Düsseldorf and Bochum (Nov 2023 – Feb 2025)
Thesis: On the Sliding Block Maxima Method in Extreme Value Statistics, submitted Nov 2024
Oral examination: Feb 2025, Ruhr University Bochum
Grade: Summa cum laude (oral defense), Magna cum laude (thesis)M.Sc. in Mathematics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 2021
Grade: very good (with highest distinction)
Thesis: Block Maxima for Time Series with Varying Upper Bound
(Grade: 1.0, best possible grade; language: German)B.Sc. in Business Mathematics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 2020
Grade: very good
Thesis: The Gumbel Max-Domain of Attraction in Extremes
(Grade: 1.0, best possible grade; language: German)
Volunteer Work
- Student advisor for Mathematics (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (2022–2023)
 - Free online tutoring for pupils during the pandemic (2021–2022) with Lern-Fair
 
Languages
- Business English (C1, with distinction), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
 - German (native language)
 
