I am a design researcher working at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Research through Design, and design theory. My work investigates how design operates as an epistemic practice – producing knowledge through both critical reflection and experimental, practice-based inquiry.
 

I focus on how interactive systems can be designed not merely as tools, but as socially embedded actors that shape human and more-than-human relations. To explore these dynamics, I develop performative and speculative design methods that examine how technologies become meaningful in real-world contexts.
 

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Siegen and incoming head of the Volkswagen-funded junior research group ENACT, which investigates how interactive and autonomous systems shape social encounters in public environments.
 

My work has been published in leading international venues such as CHI and DIS, as well as in design research publications.
 

I hold a PhD from Folkwang University of the Arts and a diploma in design from Köln International School of Design (KISD).