I started my PhD at ALR in November 2026. My Bachelor’s degree was in Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt but towards the end I realized that I find Machine Learning and Robotics very exciting so I changed directions for my Master’s degree and studied Autonomous Systems and Robotics. I wrote my Bachelor’s thesis on Active Exploration for Vison-Based Tactile Sensing and my Master’s thesis on Neuro-Symbolic Reinforcement Learning. During my Master’s I also worked on Model-Based Reinforcement Learning for real world peg-in-hole insertion. My research during my PhD will focus on Model-Based RL for Robotics, specifically Manipulation, as well. I am particularly interested in inductive biases and whether adding a bit of structure to World Models can improve their performance.