My journey started in astrophysics. I spent years studying the cosmos at the University of Cologne, earning my PhD in computational astrophysics from the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy.
But somewhere between the endless peer reviews, the $40K stipends, and watching peers with Master's degrees earn six figures in industry — I realized something had to change.
I made the leap. From astrophysicist to data scientist, then to machine learning engineer. Today, I work as an applied data scientist and teach AI and machine learning at a technical university in Germany.
I didn't have a mentor for this transition. I figured it out through trial, error, and a lot of cold emails. That's exactly why I built Academia to Industry — so you don't have to figure it out alone.