Curriculum Vitae
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Education
| 2012 | Habilitation, University of Basel (Switzerland); Title: "Modeling bounded rationality" | |
| 2006 | Dr. phil., summa cum laude, Free University Berlin (Germany); Dissertation title: “Ecological rationality: Do samples in memory reflect the world?” | |
| 2002 | MSc (Health Psychology), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK (with distinction) | |
| 2002 | Dipl. Psych., Free University Berlin |
Positions
since 2022 2012–2022 | Full professor for Behavioral Research Methods, Technical University of Munich Senior research scientist, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (Germany) | |
| 2006–2012 | Research scientist, Cognitive and Decision Sciences, University of Basel (Switzerland) | |
| 2005–2006 | Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin | |
| 2002–2005 | Predoctoral fellow, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (Germany) | |
| 2002–2005 | Fellow of the International Max Planck Research School of the Life Course (LIFE) |
Awards and Grants
| 2020–present | DFG (German Research Foundation); project title: “(When) Is hindsight bias a by-product of knowledge updating” in collaboration with Julia Groß (188,169€) | |
| 2017 | Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) | |
| 2014–2018 | DFG (German Science Foundation); project title: “How efficient are choice heuristics under varying degrees of uncertainty?” in collaboration with Ralph Hertwig (184,700€) | |
| 2012–2014 | DFG (German Science Foundation); project title: “Algebraic models and models of heuristics of risky choice: Irreconcilable foes or useful allies?” in collaboration with Ralph Hertwig (240,968 €) | |
| 2009–2012 | SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation); project title: “How affect impacts risky choice: Phenomena, mechanisms, and practical implications” in collaboration with Ralph Hertwig (169,473 CHF) | |
| 2008 | Biäsch-Stiftung zur Förderung angewandter Psychologie; project title: “Wie beurteilen wir die Auftretenshäufigkeiten von Gesundheitsrisiken?” (25,000 CHF) | |
| 2005 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Max Planck Society (Germany) | |
| 2001 | DAAD scholarship, UK |
Membership in Professional Organizations
European Association for Decision Making
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie
The Psychonomic Society
Cognitive Science Society
Ad hoc Reviewer
Acta Psychologica; Adaptive Behavior; Advances in Cognitive Psychology; Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition; Behavioral Research Methods; British Journal of Developmental Psychology; Cognition; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive Science; Cognitive Psychology; Computational Brain & Behavior; Decision; European Psychologist; Experimental Psychology; Frontiers in Psychology; Gerontology; Global Business and Economic Review; Health Affairs; Health Psychology; In Mind; Judgment and Decision Making; Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition; Journal of Behavioral Decision Making; Journal of Cognitive Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; Journal of Mathematical Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition; Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Learning and Individual Differences; Management Science; Medical Decision Making; Memory and Cognition; Nature Human Behaviour; Neuroscience of Decision Making; Open Sage; Perspectives on Psychological Science; Proceedings of the Royal Society B; Psychological Research; Psychological Review; Psychological Science; Psychology and Aging; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology; Risk Analysis; Scientific Reports; Strategic Management Journal; Thinking & Reasoning; Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie
Other Reviewer Activity
Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, European Research Council, Deutsche Studienstiftung, National Science Foundation, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Psychology Press, Swiss National Foundation, Cognitive Science Conference, Conference on Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making (SPUDM), Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Member of Editorial Boards
| 2016–present | Decision | |
| 2013–present | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition (consulting editor) | |
| 2012–present | Journal of Behavioral Decision Making | |
2019–2023 2025– 2025– | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (consulting editor) Journal of Mathematical Psychology (consulting editor) Cognitive Psychology (Associative Editor) |