Research

My research interest covers the broad field of developing and enhancing AI for tackling Climate Change. My focus, however, is currently on renewable power systems due to their urgency for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, I have also started to learn more about the applications of AI in sustainable material discovery and negative emission technologies.

Teaser for Bitter to Better Lessons in AI

From Bitter to Better Lessons in AI: Embracing Human Expertise as Data

Coming soon, 2025

We argue that it is time to treat human expertise, whether written instructions, rules of thumb, equations, or code, as real data in the age of AI. When models leverage this know-how, such as physics principles, symmetries, or safety constraints, they often require far less training and generalize more effectively.

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Artificial Intelligence for the renewable energy transition

ETH Zurich, 2023

Artificial Intelligence and its subfield of Machine Learning are excellent tools for expressing the world in numbers, discovering their patterns, and designing solutions based on these in higher dimensions than visible to our human eyes and for higher complexity than understandable for us humans otherwise. We show that this also holds for transforming energy and tackling climate change.

Athletics

I enjoy doing indoor and outdoor sports to balance out long days of work at the computer. I also enjoy exploring new disciplines on a regular basis.

Boxing training still

Boxing

The sports that I am most passionate about is boxing. I started boxing at the early age of 13, which is the reason I consider it to be my main athletic discipline. Recently, I have also started to learn how to throw and defend kicks, and become more familiar with elements of kickboxing.

Calisthenics still

Calisthenics

Beyond the physical challenge, calisthenics allows me to connect with a passionate community of like-minded folks wherever in the world I exercise. People, who share a passion for learning, exchanging stories, and inspiring one another both in exercise and beyond.

Rowing at sunrise

Rowing

What began as a curiosity has slowly grown into a passion. I genuinely enjoy how being out on the river at 5 am sharp brings a discipline that sets the rhythm for everything that follows, and I love how it structures the day with a sense of calm and purpose.

Running along a waterfront

Running

I love how running allows me to turn cities, trails, and waterfronts into a training ground. For me, it is also a way of building discipline: pacing myself, pushing through fatigue, and finding joy in incremental progress. Just as importantly, it serves as a way to clear my mind and reflect, often leading to fresh ideas and perspectives.

Playing golf in the desert

Golf

I picked up golf in Switzerland and I'm early in the journey, refining my swing and enjoying the challenge. It's a humbling sport that rewards patience, focus, and small, steady improvements.