Experience

1. 2026 - present

   Member of the Technical Staff

   Microsoft AI, Zurich

   Reinforcement learning for agentic models. Contributed to the coding capabilities of MAI-Thinking-1 through RL training.

2. 2023 - 2026

   AI Researcher

   Meta Reality Labs, Zurich

   Led team research on 3D generative AI, including 3D-aware video generation and feed-forward reconstruction. Shipped photorealistic 3D reconstruction to Meta Horizon Hyperscape on Quest.

3. 2022

   Research Scientist Intern

   Meta Reality Labs, Zurich

   Developed DiffRF, a diffusion model for 3D radiance fields, later recognized at CVPR 2023 and with the MDSI Best Paper Award 2024.

4. 2021

   Research Scientist Intern

   Meta Reality Labs, Zurich

   Developed AutoRF for learning 3D object radiance fields from single-view observations, published at CVPR 2022.

5. 2019 - 2023

   Research Associate

   Technical University of Munich

   Research on generative models for 3D representations in the Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence group, advised by Prof. Matthias Niessner.

6. 2016 - 2018

   Software Developer for Robotics

   BMW Group, Munich

   Developed perception software for robotic systems in automotive manufacturing.

Education

1. 2019 - 2024

   PhD, summa cum laude

   Technical University of Munich

   Dissertation: Generative Models on 3D Representations, advised by Prof. Matthias Niessner.

2. 2014 - 2016

   MSc Mathematics, GPA: 4.0/4.0

   RWTH Aachen University

3. 2013 - 2016

   MSc Computer Science, GPA: 4.0/4.0

   RWTH Aachen University

4. 2010 - 2013

   BSc Mathematics, GPA: 3.8/4.0

   RWTH Aachen University

5. 2010 - 2013

   BSc Computer Science, GPA: 4.0/4.0

   RWTH Aachen University

Awards & honors

• 2024

  MDSI Best Paper of the Year Award

  First place for DiffRF, awarded by the Munich Data Science Institute.

• 2016

  Springorum Medal

  For excellent academic performance in the Master's degree in Mathematics at RWTH Aachen.

• 2016

  Springorum Medal

  For excellent academic performance in the Master's degree in Computer Science at RWTH Aachen.

• 2013

  Schöneborn Award

  For outstanding achievements in the Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at RWTH Aachen.

Projects

• MAI-Thinking-1 — Contributed to its coding capabilities through reinforcement-learning training.
• Meta Horizon Hyperscape — Shipped photorealistic 3D reconstruction as part of the research team.
• DVIS — Created a lightweight bridge from Python research code to interactive 3D visualizations.

Academic service

Area Chair

CVPR (since 2025)

Reviewer

CVPR (since 2022), ICCV (since 2023)

Technical skills

Research expertise

Agentic reinforcement learning, controllable video generation, 3D generative AI, reconstruction

Programming

Python, C/C++, JavaScript

Machine learning

PyTorch, Triton, CUDA

Infrastructure & visualization

Kubernetes, Slurm, Git, three.js