I am an MSc Logic student (Logic & Computation track) at the University of Amsterdam, focusing on quantum computing, quantum information, and the mechanistic interpretability of language models.
My background is in technical physics (BSc, TU Wien) and linguistics (BA, University of Vienna), both completed with distinction, and I have worked on applied research and engineering projects at the Austrian Institute of Technology, Siemens Austria, and the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien.
In addition, I bring several years of teaching and outreach experience in adult education and mathematics support for school pupils.
I am currently looking for research internships in quantum computing/information or AI/ML with an emphasis on interpretability, and in the medium term I plan to apply for PhD positions starting in 2027.
Research interests
Quantum computing & quantum information:
Near-term and variational quantum algorithms; quantum circuit models and ZX-calculus; connections between abstract quantum information and implementable circuits.AI, machine learning & interpretability:
Mechanistic interpretability of Transformer-based language models; probing and causal interventions on internal representations.
Selected projects
Mechanistic interpretability of variable assignment in a Transformer-based code model
One-month MSc project at UvA on how a Transformer-based language model represents variable assignment in Python code using causal interventions on the residual stream.Variational quantum algorithm for the vibrational spectrum of SO₂
Course project in Near-Term Quantum Computing implementing a VQA in Qiskit on a simulator to probe vibrational spectra.Bachelor theses in technical physics and linguistics
VHDL-based test environment for a soft microcontroller on FPGA (Technical Physics, TU Wien) and work on category-theoretic modelling and priming in linguistics (Linguistics, University of Vienna).
Education
- MSc Logic, University of Amsterdam (UvA) (expected 2027) — Logic & Computation track; focus on quantum computing and artificial intelligence; includes a research project in mechanistic interpretability of Transformer-based models.
- BSc Technical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) — Thesis on a VHDL-based test environment for a soft microcontroller on FPGA.
- BA Linguistics, University of Vienna — Theses in formal semantics and psycholinguistics; Erasmus+ exchange semester at Leipzig University.