Applied AI researcher and data scientist with ~7 years across research and industry in recommender systems, information retrieval, and LLM-based AI systems. My research focuses on responsible, sustainability-aware recommendations for tourism and social good. I am currently wrapping up my doctoral research at the Chair of Connected Mobility, TU Munich.

My PhD work centres on building recommender systems that go beyond accuracy — incorporating sustainability, fairness, and explainability into personalized city-trip recommendations. This research has been published at venues including SIGIR, UMAP, ACM TORS, and JITT (Best Paper Award 2025), and has led to systems like TRACE (SIGIR '26) and SynthTRIPs (SIGIR '25). Alongside research, I have mentored 25+ Bachelor's and Master's students on thesis research in recommender systems.

Before the PhD, I built data science, AI, and software engineering systems at Deutsche Telekom, Experteer, and the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, shipping ML in production and developing a practical understanding of the gap between research and real-world systems. I also hold the title of Google Developer Expert (GDE) in AI/ML and was named one of the 100 technologists to watch for 2023.

Beyond my research, I enjoy giving back to the academic community by organizing workshops such as LLM4Good at UMAP '25 and RS4SD (Recommender Systems for Sustainable Development through Responsible Nudging) at CIKM '25, helping drive conversations around the ethical and practical use of AI for social good.

Over the past three years, I have delivered over 50 tech talks across 15+ countries on three continents and won the Google Developer Expert Community Award (Rising Star), the 2023 Women Who Code Applaud Her Award (Data Science), and the DevelopHER Awards 2022 (Emerging Talent).

As a Women Techmakers Ambassador, I am passionate about advancing diversity in technology through mentoring, speaking, and community initiatives, with past contributions to ACM Women in RecSys, Women Who Code, and Female Tech Leaders.

When not sitting at my computer, I am usually traveling, collecting passport stamps, and fridge magnets. ✈️