I am a PhD candidate at the Institut für Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung (IMS), University of Stuttgart, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Roman Klinger. My research focuses on the intersection of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Psychology, exploring how language shapes perception, decision-making, and behavior.

A core focus of my work is on verbal deception detection: understanding how deceptive intent is manifested in language, and how psychological cues can be computationally modeled to detect deceptive communication. More broadly, I study how communication effectiveness can be improved by modulating linguistic style with the psychological needs, emotional states, and motivational profiles of an audience.

Currently, I am working as a research fellow on the PLACEBO project (Leveraging NLP for Patient Language Analysis to Capture Expectation-based Treatment Outcomes) lead by Amelie Wührl. The project investigates how patients express treatment expectations online (e.g., on Reddit) and how these expectations affect outcomes.