Hello World! I'm Friedrich, a PhD student supervised by Prof Florian Hollfelder at the University of Cambridge.
Research
Machine Learning
Directed Evolution
Enzyme Optimisation
Protein Engineering
Single-Cell Sequencing
Education
University of Cambridge, Jesus College
PhD in Biochemistry (October 2023 - Present)
Machine Learning for enzyme optimisation, directed evolution, and single-cell sequencing, supervised by
Prof Florian Hollfelder and fully funded by Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft, Evonik Stiftung, and Cambridge Trust
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
MSc Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence (April 2019 - July 2022)
Focus: (Probabilistic) Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision
Technical University of Berlin
BSc Mechanical Engineering (October 2014 - March 2018)
Focus: Industrial robotics, fluid mechanics, finite element method
Working Experience
SAP SE
Student Trainee at Digital Business Services - Innovation Services & Solutions (May 2019 - October 2019)
Software development and data analytics for SAP Rural Sourcing Management
Capgemini Invent
Student Consultant at Strategy & Innovation (January 2019 - March 2019)
Strategy and digital transformation for global healthcare company in Germany and the USA
SAP SE
Intern at Products & Innovation – Innovative Business Solutions (March 2018 - August 2018)
Software development, project management, conducting the Go-Live of the Rural Sourcing Management
for a smallholder farmer cooperative on-site in Uganda
MAN Energy Solutions
Student Trainee at R&D Engineering Turbomachinery (December 2015 - March 2017)
Design of integral gear compressors using CAD
Extracurricular Experience
Cambridge University German Society
Events Officer (March 2023 - Present)
Association of Christian Democratic Students (RCDS)
Chairman of Region Northeast (October 2017 - November 2018)
RCDS is a political student organisation with more than 100
groups at universities and 8000 members; it is closely related to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
of Germany
Focus: Digitisation, education, research, and university policy
Scholarships
Cambridge Trust
PhD Scholarship (October 2023 - September 2026)
Evonik Stiftung
PhD Scholarship (October 2023 - September 2025)
Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft
PhD Scholarship (October 2023 - September 2025)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Scholarship for academic excellence and leadership (October 2016 - July 2022)
