I had big plans as a child. I wanted to become a prima ballerina and the best president of Bolivia at the same time. Look what I have become!

Positions and Education  

I am a Schrödinger Fellow at Northeastern University, Boston, where I work on higher-order evidence in collaboration with Branden Fitelson. I am also an external member of the Emmy Noether Research Group From Perception To Belief and Back Again led by Peter Brössel at the Ruhr University Bochum. Before coming to Boston I spent time at Universities in Leuven, Berkeley, Konstanz, Munich, Duisburg-Essen, and Salzburg. I completed my PhD studies (Philosophy) at the University of Konstanz in 2016 and some years ago I finished  my MA studies (Philosophy) at the University of Salzburg.

Research Topics

My research focuses on topics in epistemology, the philosophy of science, and metaphilosophy. In epistemology my research encompasses epistemic disagreement, epistemic normativity, epistemic pluralism, theories of justification, of evidential support, and of higher-order evidence, and the relationship between logic and reasoning. In the philosophy of science my research centers on the aims of inquiry, the relationship between confirmation and rationality, between explanation and understanding, and on social aspects of scientific practice. In metaphilosophy I am mainly interested in methods of conceptual clarification and conceptual engineering, and on the role of formal methods and idealizations in philosophy.

Besides epistemology, the philosophy of science, and metaphilosophy, I have some interests in the history of analytic philosophy, decision theory, metaethics, and philosophical logic.

Some of my papers can be found here and there.

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