Research Positions

2022-current	Full Professor (W3) at the Institute for Mathematics and Image Computing (MIC), University of Lübeck
2015-2022	Professor (W2) at the Institute for Mathematics and Image Computing (MIC), University of Lübeck
2013-2015	Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Cambridge Image Analysis group (CIA), Department for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
2011-2013	Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Cambridge Image Analysis group (CIA), Department for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
2007-2011	Research Assistant in the Image and Pattern Analysis group (IPA), Department of Mathematics, University of Heidelberg

Education

2011	Doctoral degree in Mathematics with distinction, University of Heidelberg: "Nonsmooth Convex Variational Approaches to Image Analysis"
2007	Diploma degree in Mathematics, University of Karlsruhe
2006	Diploma degree in Computer Science with distinction, University of Karlsruhe

Awards

2024	Best teaching award ("Heliprof") based on student vote
2016	Best Paper Honorable Mention at CVPR 2016 for our paper "Sublabel–Accurate Relaxation of Nonconvex Energies"
2013	Early Career Fellowship awarded by the Leverhulme Trust: "Regularization Strategies for Global Optimality in Variational Imaging"
2006	Industrial Highly Commended Paper Award at CLAWAR 2006