Research Interests
Medical Ethics
I am interested in questions of modern medical ethics while my focus is on the ethics and theory of digitalization of medicine. I do mostly conceptual ethical research on algorithmic decision-making, artificial intelligence, and informed consent in an age of digital medicine. Recently, I have expanded my research interests to methodological issues in bioethics, especially non-empirical methods and digital bioethics.
History of Medicine
I am interested in the history of medicine in antiquity. I published on questions of historical urology, rheumatology, dermatology, venereology, occupational medicine, as well as on diseases of civilization and affluence. Over time, I extended the chronological frame by also researching the history of medicine of the Early Modern Period. The most recent historical papers cover also the 19th and 20th century.
Academic Work
since 2021
Research Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
Institute for Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine
Hannover Medical School, Germany
2016 – 2021
Research Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
Institute of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine
Ulm University, Germany
2015 – 2016
Research Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Education
2011 – 2016
PhD in Ancient History
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
2014 – 2016
Studies in Protestant Theology (not completed due to moving to Ulm)
Leipzig University, Germany
2005 – 2011
Studies in Ancient History, Journalism and Philosophy
Leipzig University, Germany
Grants
2024/03 – 2025/02
Digital Bioethics: Methods, Applications, and Ethical Perspectives; Thematic Week on Ethics of Science: Ethical Dimensions of AI Research and AI in Research funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
2023/10 – 2024/12
Discourse project on AI in the doctor-patient relationship funded by the Lower Saxonian Ministry of Science and Culture, together with Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch
2023/01
Collaboration Award of the European Association of (EACME), together with Dr. Cristian Timmermann, Prof. Dr. Tomasz Żuradzki
2022/11
Research scholarship of the Fondation Hardt pour l’étude de l’Antiquité classique
Geneva, Switzerland
2022/08 – 2023/08
(Semi-) Automated procedures to find arguments for bioethical analyses, Else Kröner-Promotionskolleg (DigiStrucMed) „Digitale Transformation in der Medizin“, together with Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch, Prof. Dr. Wolf-Tilo Balke, and Prof. Dr. Tim Kacprowski
2012 – 2015
PhD grant by the Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung
Düsseldorf, Germany
2011
PhD grant by the federal state of Sachsen-Anhalt
Magdeburg, Germany
Membership in Scientific Associations
Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin
Netzwerk Junge Medizinethik (JMED), member of the organisational team
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