CV

Experience

Research associate

Universität Heidelberg 03/2022 - present

  • symbolic regression
  • evolutionary algorithms
  • thermodynamic property modeling
  • optimal experimental design
  • reinforcement learning
  • developing Thermodynamics-informed Symbolic Regression (TiSR GitHub)

Master thesis

Process Automation Solutions, Ludwigshafen 05/2021 - 11/2021

  • developed a simulation environment for the virtual commissioning of an OPC UA gateway

Bachelor thesis & working student

IAV GmbH, Stollberg 09/2018 - 01/2021

  • modelled & optimized performance of vehicle components & systems
  • presented work to customers in English & German
  • modified a Matlab script to do the same in ~5 min instead of ~4 weeks

Internship

Daimler AG, Sindelfingen 01/2017 - 07/2017

  • ensured thermal safety employing vehicle tests & simulations
  • analyzed & assisted validating vehicle test data

Other

  • tutoring of pupils in mathematics & physics in groups of up to 7 (2 years)
  • sharpening knives at the farmers’ market (7 years)

Education

M.Sc. mechanical engineering

Technische Universität Chemnitz 04/2019 - 02/2022

  • graduated with 1.7
  • focus on automation, optimization, fluids dynamics & thermodynamics
  • pre-thesis: post-processing of molecular dynamics simulations
  • thesis: simulation environment for the virtual commissioning of an OPC UA gateway

B.Sc. mechanical engineering

Hochschule Mannheim 09/2015 - 04/2019

  • graduated with 2.1
  • focus on fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, & numerical analysis
  • pre-thesis: multi-physics simulation & control of a Maglev (magnetic levitation train)
  • thesis: thermal management of hybrid vehicle operation strategies

Teaching

Courses

  • seminar on Mathematical Machine Learning - Reinforcement Learning at Heidelberg University (summer semester 2024)
  • preparatory workshop week at the Computational Science Summer School at KMUTNB, Bangkok, Thailand (03/2024)
  • preparatory workshop week at the Computational Science Summer School at KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand (03/2023)
  • Python introductory course at Heidelberg University (05/2022)

Supervised

  • Bachelor thesis on “Der PageRank-Algorithmus und dessen Verbesserungen” (2023)

Abroad

  • 7 week research stay at University of Western Australia, Perth (08 - 09/2023)

Skills

  • neovim, git
  • programming languages: Julia, Python, Matlab
  • data analysis & visualization
  • office automation

Languages

  • German (native speaker)
  • English (C1)
  • Bulgarian (raised bilingually)