I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. My main research interests lie in the fields of astrobiology and the origins of life.

My research experience ranges from the synthesis of prebiotic molecules on the early Hadean Earth to the parent bodies of carbonaceous meteorites. Currently, I am conducting astrochemical experiments to explore the formation of prebiotic molecules, particularly sugars, in interstellar ice analogs. In the future, I plan to study how temperate super-Earth exoplanets might generate their own prebiotic soups. Studying how high concentrations of prebiotic molecules can be reached through wet-dry cycling on planetary surfaces is crucial to better understanding how non-living matter became life.

I am an Executive Board member of the Origin of Life Early-career Network (OoLEN) and I enjoy climbing on via ferratas, weight lifting, scuba diving, and Geocaching during my free time.

In the picture you can see me pointing on the deposit (black layer) of the dinosaur killer, impacting the Earth around 66 million years ago. As a member of the class of carbonaceous chondrites , this meteorite belonged to the same family of impactors that might have seeded the building blocks of life on our planet in the first place. Therefore, both life and death might arise from meteorites.