Research interests
- Judgment and decision making
- Individual differences in decision making
- Risk perception and communication
- Memory-based decision making
- Medical decision making
- Ecological rationality
- Models of heuristics
Professional experience
| since 2014 | Full Professor of Social Psychology and Decision Sciences (W3), Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany |
| since 2014 | Adjunct Researcher, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany |
| 2008–2014 | Chief Research Scientist, Harding Center for Risk Literacy, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany |
| 2003–2006 | Predoctoral Fellow, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany |
Education
| 2013 | Habilitation in Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2007 | PhD in Psychology, Free University Berlin, Germany |
| 2002 | Diploma in Psychology (equivalent to Master’s Degree), Free University Berlin, Germany |
Honors and awards
| 2013 | Rising Star, Association for Psychological Science |
| 2012 | Fellow, German Young Academy, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities & German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2009 | Dissertation prize (runner up), German Psychological Society, Section: General Psychology |
| 2008 | Otto Hahn Medal for outstanding scientific achievements, Max Planck Society |
| 2006 | New Investigator Award, Brunswik Society |