Skills

• Programming (Python and R) with a focus on spatial Statistics, Mapping and Data Vis.

• Quantitative and Qualitative Research, and Spatial Data Science and Analytics.

• Variety of Design, Illustration, 3D Modelling and Video software, including Adobe Creative Cloud and a wide variety of open source alternatives.

• Strong soft skills, including clear and open communication, project planning and conflict resolution. A love for creative, multidisciplinary approaches to problems.

• Austrian German (native), and English (native proficiency)

Experience                                                                                                                         

Mar 2025 - Multimedia Agency Self-Employed

• Designing brand materials, ads, maps, websites and digital places

• Business support through structured peer-support coaching for neurodiverse entrepreneurs

• Discord community administration and management

• Just doing so many things:

- Bring me your problem or idea, and I will help you fill the gaps! -

Mar 2024 - Jun 2025 Research Assistant Harvard University

• Working remotely with Dr. Teresa Vargas at the Stress and Development Lab

• Collecting, processing, visualising, pipelining (geospatial) research study data

• Bringing GIS and spatial data methodology expertise to neuropsychological research

Mar 2022 - Jan 2025 Community Guide and Volunteer Midjourney

• Community Guide on the official Discord server and Facebook group

• Beta testing new image generation models and software features

• Creation of tutorials and how-to guides 

Education

2020 - 2024 Bsc Human Geography and Planning University Groningen

150 ECTS with a GPA of 7.9 (79%) 

• Statistics 1 & 2 (7.0; 7.1)

• Geographical Information Systems/GIS (8.8)

• Population Geographies (8.4)

• Bachelor's Thesis (8.3) 
  'Ageing Hearts, Limited Care: The Impact of Reduced Access to Primary Healthcare on Cardiovascular Medications Rates among Older Adults in The Netherlands'
  
  

2022 - 2023 Minor in Data Science University Groningen

30 ECTS with a GPA of 8.4 (84%)

• Introduction to Programming  (7.4) & Data Visualisation (8)

• Collaborative Data Project (9.2)

Worked on a project for Statistics Netherlands (CBS) in a multidisciplinary team, creating a data visualisation dashboard to monitor mobility patterns in Northern Netherlands using R and R Shiny. Focused on generating insights, handling API imports, and graphically representing data. Facilitated open communication to overcome organisational challenges.

2016 - 2020 Matura High School Diploma Abendgymnasium Linz

• Graduated with Magna Cum Laude

• Exams: Physics, Visual Arts, History, Mathematics, English, German

Achievements

• Homeschooling myself from age 14 onwards

• Freelance spatial design project with Austrian municipality to design place for youth, using the open-source 3D modelling software. Though I had no prior experience, the project achieved funding through my visualisation and is now in progress. 

• Online Content Creator and Moderator of a 480k user Facebook group

Hobbies and Interests

Knitting a cardigan, coding software, building strategies, mapping the world, making soap, designing furniture or programming simple tools. Beautiful, useful or informative, ideally all at once.  When I create I feel alive.

Publications

Vargas, T. G., Costello, M., Tiemeier, H., Lam, P., Bollmann-Dodd, T., Kaur, J., & Schuster, R. M. (2025). Neighborhood Deprivation and Adolescent Mental Health: The Protective Role of School Staffing Patterns. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.06.003

(...and a few more in progress)