Curriculum Vitae

Scientific projects

• Statistical inference on models for non-stationary extremes: ongoing research
• Bootstrapping block maxima estimators for time series: resulted in a publication in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B)
• 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 Electronical Journal of Statistics

Skills

• Statistics: 5 years of experience in applied and mathematical statistics
• R: 4 years of experience in scientific work, including planning, conception, and execution of large-scale Monte Carlo simulation studies; Rcpp optimization; HPC integration; unit testing; microbenchmarking
• C++: Coding mathematical functions, porting them to R
• Bash: Scripting for High-Performance Computing
• Markdown: Creating website texts (like this homepage)
• Java: Full-semester extracurricular course (10 CP) in Java programming (Grade 1.3)
• Statistical Data Analysis: Full-semester extracurricular course (5 CP) in conducting statistical analyses (Grade 1.0)
• GitHub: Used for project management and version control of simulation studies

Grants

• International research stay grant: funding for my project proposal on Sliding block maxima under non-stationarities. Comprising 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 stipend granted by the Heinrich-Heine University and funded by the Provinzial Rheinland Versicherungen AG. Awarded to Torben Staud
• DFG project: funding of my PhD for three years. Awarded to Prof. Axel Bücher

University Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics (Mathematische Statistik),
  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 at the Ruhr-university Bochum,
  Grade: Summa cum laude (oral defense), Magna cum laude (thesis)
• M.S. in Mathematics (Mathematik), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 2021
  Grade: “very good” (best possible grade)
  Thesis: Block Maxima for Time Series with Varying Upper Bound (Grade: 1.0, best possible grade; language: German)
• B.S. in Business Mathematics (Mathematik mit Anwendungsgebiet Wirtschaftswissenschaften), 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 the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (2022-2023)
• Free online tutoring for pupils during the pandemic (2021-2022) at Lern Fair

Languages

• Business English level C1 (Grade 1.3), obtained from Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
• German (native language)