Funktion und Aufgaben:

I contribute to research and development in space geodetic Earth observation, with a focus on the detection and attribution of trends and transient signals in GNSS and GRACE geodetic time series, as well as on natural hazard monitoring with GNSS. My work focuses on the separation of tectonic and climate-induced deformation signals from noise and common mode errors. I also engage in methodological development for geophysical signal extraction, time series modeling, and uncertainty quantification, as well as on geodetic measurement processing and instrumentation, with a focus on low-cost GNSS. 

At GFZ I will particularly focus on GNSS for the detection of subtle tectonic signals (TectoVision project).

Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

I am a geodesist and Earth observation scientist with a background in GNSS, gravity, Earth rotation and signal processing.  I am interested in advancing scientific understanding of Earth system dynamics through geodetic and remote sensing observations. My research focuses on:

• Disentangling tectonic, climatic, and anthropogenic signals in geodetic time series

• Understanding vertical land motion, geophysical loadings and global water storage trends

• Developing methods for transient detection in GNSS and GRACE observations

• Integrating uncertainty quantification and system stability into climate data records

Karriere:

I am a geodesist and Earth observation scientist with a background in GNSS, satellite gravimetry, and signal processing. Before joining GFZ, I worked at ETH Zurich, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD), and the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), where I led and contributed to projects on GNSS-based deformation monitoring, hydrological loading analysis, and uncertainty propagation in geophysical time series.

Werdegang / Ausbildung:

Since 2025 – Research Geodesist, GFZ Potsdam

2022–2025 – Postdoctoral Fellow, ISSI Bern, 

2022–2024 – Visiting Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

2019–2022 – Research Scientist and Lecturer, ETH Zurich

2014–2019 – PhD in Space Geodesy, ETH Zurich

2005–2013 – BSc & MSc in Geodesy and Geophysics, TU Vienna

Projekte:

Tectonic and climatic signal attribution in GNSS time series (GFZ): New methodologies for transient detection and CME mitigation (TectoVision project)

ISSI Fellowship: Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification in geodetic time series by combining sparse modelling with ML-driven signal decomposition

GRACE-GNSS Analysis: Linking water storage and vertical land motion for climate applications

Low-cost GNSS: Real-time and low-cost GNSS instrumentation for natural hazard detection (X-sense 2 project)

Wissenschaftliche Gremien:

• Member, IAG Working Group “High-rate GNSS for Geoscience and Mobility”

• Member, GGOS Working Group “AI for Ground Deformation Monitoring”

• Reviewer for Journal of Geodesy, GPS Solutions, Remote Sensing, Journal of Seismology, and others

• Advisory Board Member, Geodesy and Cartography (Polish Academy of Sciences)

Auszeichnungen:

ISSI Postdoctoral Fellowship in Earth Sciences

Graduation with Distinction, TU Vienna (Geodesy and Geophysics)

Nominee, Institute of Physics “Emerging Scientists in Measurement Science and Technology” (2025)