I am a Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Innsbruck (Austria).

My research interests include Bayesian and computational statistics, development and empirical economics, environmental statistics, machine learning, model choice and variable selection, probabilistic forecasting, semiparametric regression, spatial statistics, and statistical computing and software.

Education and Academic Positions

• 2026–: Full Professor of Computational Statistics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

• 2020–2025: Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

• 2019: Venia docendi (Habilitation) in Statistics.

• 2017–2020: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Statistics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

• 2014–2015: Deputy Professorship in Computational Statistics, Department of Statistics, LMU Munich, Germany.

• 2012–: Project-based statistical consultant.

• 2011–2017: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Statistics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

• Sept. 2011: Dr.rer.soc.oec. (equivalent to a PhD) in Economics.

• 2007–2011: Research assistant, Department of Statistics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

• 2002–2005: University studies in Economics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

• 1999–2007: Professional freeskier, sponsored athlete and marketing advisor (gallery).