About me

What I do

I am currently a researcher at the University Hospital Jena (pursuing a PhD), working on computational and probabilistic methods in structural biology.

I am the main author and maintainer of the Polylux package for creating presentation slides in Typst. You can find more projects of mine on GitHub and Codeberg.

What I think

Here is a list of opinions I hold and preferences I have, in no particular order, that might describe me reasonably well:

• I like quantitative science.
• I find formal structures fascinating.
• I like coming up with abstractions.
• I like thinking in probabilities.
• I prefer viewing probability as a Bayesian degree of believe.
• I like data in textual form.
• Being able to make a computer do things by writing text fascinates me to this day.
• I program in Julia for scientific computing, Fish for shell scripts, and Rust for everything else.
• I like clever type systems, powerful compilers, and zero-cost abstractions.
• I prefer using programming languages with little boilerplate over needing LLMs to generate the boilerplate.
• I prefer crafting code over copying LLM output.
• I am baffled by and committed to acting against the extreme imbalance of sexes in computer related activities.
• I use the Fedora distribution of Linux with the GNOME desktop environment.
• I use Typst for pretty much all textual presentation media I create (documents, slides, posters, …)
• I am excited by well readable, openly licensed fonts (such as this!).
• I think I am decent at presenting in front of people and designing nice slide decks.
• I am a big proponent of free and open source software.
• I consider a discussion successful if all participants improved their understanding of the topic and if it could be elaborated where and why exactly the view points differ.
• I am in favor of an even tighter European integration.
• I prefer public transit over cars.
• I am deeply worried by anti-progressive forces jeopardising humanity's well-being in Eastern Germany, Germany as a whole, Europe, and the rest of the world.
• I love running.
• I rarely miss a Parkrun if I can avoid it.
• World cup events in biathlon or track&field make me sit in front of the TV, however late at night it may be.
• Going to the gym is most fun after midnight.