Personal Statement
I am a lecturer (assistant professor) at the department of computer science at the University of Liverpool. I am interested in the theory of algorithms in particular for combinatorial optimisation problems such as clustering and network design and geometric optimisation problems. I received my PhD from the University of Würzburg, Germany in 2010, where I also served as a research associate for eight years and obtained my habilitation in 2017. In addition, I held research positions at several other institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI-INF) in Germany, the Aalto University in Finland, and the University of Wroclaw in Poland.

Research Overview
My research interests lie in the intersection of algorithms, complexity, and combinatorial optimisation. In particular I am is designing approximation algorithms for clustering, network design, and geometric optimisation. I am also investigating the hardness of designing such algorithms.