Biography
Education and Training
2023: PhD in Psychology, Dr. rer. nat., Philipps University of Marburg and Maastricht University
2023: M.Sc. in Legal Psychology, Psychologische Hochschule Berlin
2017: Further training as a Psychosocial Victim Support Worker (during criminal proceedings)
2015: M.Sc. in Psychology and Law, Maastricht University
2014: B.Sc. in Psychology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Professional Experience
2026: Co-founder of the Méndez Center for Effective and Fair Interviewing for the German-speaking region (ZEFAB)
since 2025: Senior Research Associate, Institute for Social Work and Law, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
2023 - 2025: Research Associate on the research project Virtual Kids, Institute for Social Work and Law, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
2022: Co-founder of the online database for collecting European Exonerations, European Registry of Exonerations (EUREX)
since 2021: Delivery and further development of the interactive interviewing training (invetra)
2018 - 2023: Research Associate, Institute for Criminal Sciences, Philipps University of Marburg
2018 - 2021: Board Member of the student division of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL-S)
2017 - 2018: Staff member in witness and court support and in the project "Schwitzen statt Sitzen", Verein für Jugend- und Bewährungshilfe im Landgerichtsbezirk Tübingen e.V.
2016: Staff member in witness and court support, PräventSozial Justiznahe Dienste gGmbH, Stuttgart
Memberships
DGPs – Fachgruppe Rechtspsychologie (Legal Psychology Section)
European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL)
International Intvestigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG)
Implemendez (COST Action)
