• 11/2024
    Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) awarded by the Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Dissertation topic: “The Platformization of the Digital News Ecosystem: Indicators, Interdependencies, and Implications on the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels“
  • Since 02/2018
    Research Associate with Prof. Birgit Stark at the Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • 11/2015–03/2017
    Research Assistant with Prof. Christian von Rimscha at the Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • 10/2014–12/2017
    Master’s studies in Media Management at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Pázmány Péter University in Budapest, Hungary. Internships at Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and ARD Online
  • 11/2012–01/2018
    Student Assistant at ARD Online (Mainz)
  • 10/2010–11/2014
    Bachelor’s studies in Communication and Economics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Universitat Abat Oliba, Barcelona, Spain. During this time: various positions as a research assistant at JGU as well as internships and part-time work at Rhein-Zeitung (Cochem an der Mosel), Verlag Philipp von Zabern (Darmstadt), and the Deutsche Bundesbank (Frankfurt)
  • Additionally
    Longstanding involvement in the Department Student Council for Communication Studies, the departmental magazine Publizissimus (including as Editor-in-Chief), and as founding and board member of Medienstudierende e.V.
    Postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna – and lecturer at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences
  • News production, distribution, and reception in platformized environments
  • Media and Platform Governance
  • International Communication Association (ICA)
  • European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
  • German Communication Association (DGPuK)
  • Young Scholars Network for Reception and Media Effects Research (NaRezFo)
  • Media Structures Network
  • Alumnus of Medienstudierende e.V.
  • Z2X Community
  • DGPuK Theory Award 2025 for the article “Power and Autonomy: A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing the Platformization of Journalistic Media,” published in UFITA
  • DGPuK Award 2025 for Best Journal Article for “I Make the World the Way I Like It: Opinion Formation Relevance from a User Perspective,” published in Media & Communication Studies (with Daniel Stegmann and Birgit Stark)
  • DGPuK Media Economics Division Young Scholar Award 2024 for “Power and Autonomy: A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing the Platformization of Journalistic Media,” published in UFITA
  • Funding of the teaching project “Media and Platform Governance in Practice – Media Policy is a Game” by the Gutenberg Teaching Council (09/2022–03/2023)
  • Junior Member of the Gutenberg Academy Honors Program for outstanding doctoral candidates (02/2022–03/2024)
  • Alumnus of the Freiherr-vom-Stein Alumni Network (since 10/2021)
  • Goldmedia Award 2018 for “I Remember the Message Well, But the Source Escapes Me: Opportunities and Risks of Branding on Third-Party Platforms for News Organizations”
  • Junior Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy (2023)
  • Speaker of the Young Scholars Network for Reception and Media Effects Research (with Nicole Liebers, University of Würzburg) (2019–2021)
  • Reviewer for various journals (including Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, Media and Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications) and for national and international conferences
  • Organizer of the Doctoral Colloquium at the Department of Communication (2018–2020)