About Me

I’m Felix, a final-year Ph.D. student in Sociology at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, currently living in Boston with my partner and two cats. I’m a German citizen with a valid U.S. work permit.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science (University of Regensburg), a Master of Science in Computational Social Science from Linköping University, and will defend my Ph.D. in Sociology at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris on March 4, 2026. During my Ph.D., I also spent two Spring terms as a visiting scholar at Duke University.

Contact

You can find my CV below. For collaboration or opportunities, reach out via email or LinkedIn.

Summary

Early-career Data Scientist with hands-on experience applying machine learning, NLP, causal inference, and statistical modeling to real-world, data-heavy problems. Experienced in owning end-to-end analysis, working with ambiguous datasets, and translating business and product questions into reproducible, actionable insights across Python, SQL, and R.

Technical Skills

  • Languages & Tools: Python (pandas, scikit-learn, transformers, numpy, langchain), SQL, R (tidyverse, ggplot2, RShiny), MS Excel
  • Machine Learning & Analytics: NLP, text classification, SpaCy, clustering, forecasting, A/B testing, regression
  • Causal Inference: Difference-in-differences, synthetic control, propensity score matching
  • Data Practices: Agentic workflows (cursor), dashboarding (RShiny, PowerBI, Looker, Tableau), version control (git), web scraping

Work Experience

(ordered by start date, most recent first)

University of Oslo | Data Scientist (Contract)

Oslo, Norway (remote) · Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

  • Developed and implemented analysis pipelines for open-ended survey responses in 4 different languages using local LLMs and sBERT-based clustering in Python and R.
  • Validated output against human-coded responses, achieving human-like accuracy (F1: 0.91-0.98).
  • Co-authored 2 publications that are under review at peer-reviewed journals. -Delivered publication-ready visualizations and code for reproducibility.

Statistical Horizons | Consulting Data Analyst

Philadelphia, PA (remote) · Oct 2024 - Aug 2025

  • Developed AI-focused curriculum, yielding 5 new AI-focused courses.
  • Created interactive RShiny dashboards for data-driven decision making to identify and cut under-performing course offerings.
  • Increased enrolment by developing targeted advertising campaigns using social media analytics and Google Analytics.

Leipzig University | Lecturer

Leipzig, Germany (hybrid) · Oct 2021 - Jan 2026

  • Developed and taught 10 courses on data science methods including web scraping, NLP, and machine learning in R and Python(senior and master level).
  • Co-supervised 10+ Bachelor’s and 3 Master’s theses.

Linköping University | Data Analyst

Norrköping, Sweden (hybrid) · Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Analyzed large text datasets using machine learning classifiers in R and Python.
  • Web scraped 80+ million forum postings used in 3 academic publications and training of a Swedish LLM, using R, SQL, and Python.
  • Assisted in research articles for Nature Human Behavior and Science Advances.

University of Regensburg | Lecturer

Regensburg, Germany (hybrid) · Dec 2018 - Jun 2021

  • Taught 7 senior and master-level courses on social network analysis, data wrangling, visualization, and statistical modeling in R.

Education

Ph.D. in Sociology | École Polytechnique

Paris, France · Sep 2021 - Mar 2026

  • Specialized in computational methods for digital behavioral data analysis.
  • Co-authored 5 academic papers (currently under review at peer-reviewed journals)
  • Presented at 10+ international conferences
  • Co-organized 2 Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science.

M.Sc. in Computational Social Science | Linköping University

Norrköping, Sweden · Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

B.A. in Political Science | University of Regensburg

Regensburg, Germany · Oct 2014 - Mar 2019

Additional Information

Work Authorization: Valid work permit for the United States; authorized to work in EU (German citizen)

Awards: Ph.D. scholarship from École Polytechnique, 2 travel grants from French National Scientific Center and German Academy for Sociology to visit Duke University (Durham, NC) in 2024 and 2025.

Languages: German (native), English (C2), French (A2)