About
I’m an assistant professor working on the societal impact of digital technologies. I run the Computational Social Science Lab at Bauhaus University Weimar.
My research investigates how AI communication systems change society. Through behavioral experiments, machine learning apps and data science, I explore how large language models, or AI-enabled news and social media technologies affect interpersonal trust, people’s beliefs, and cultural values. My insights have been presented to the US Senate and White House Advisory Council and were reported in the Wall Street Journal.
Vita
I received a Ph.D. in Information Science from Cornell University where I worked with Mor Naaman. The German National Academic Foundation, National Science Foundation, and Cornell Digital Life Initiative generously supported my work.
Before Cornell, I completed a BS in Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich and an MS in Information Technology at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. I studied an MA in Philosophy of Science and Technology at TU Munich and received an honors degree in Technology Management degree from the Center for Digital Technology and Management. I have also been a visiting researcher at Nanyang U, University of Toronto, Harvard and MIT.
I also worked or interned with industry and startups including Microsoft Research, Facebook Core Data Science, GE Digital Foundries, and BMW.