studied English and Philosophy at the University of Tübingen and the University of Connecticut, graduating with a Staatsexamen (i.e., teaching degree) and an M.A. in English Literatures and Cultures. From 2016 to 2019, he was doctoral fellow in the DFG-funded RTG minor cosmopolitanisms at Potsdam University, where he is currently employed as a lecturer. In his dissertation, he researches the plantation system of the colonial Caribbean from around 1650 to 1800, under the supervision of Lars Eckstein and Marcus Boon (York University, Toronto). The project focuses on monoculture as a decidedly capitalist form of cultivation, inquiring into its economic and ecological presuppositions, such as enslaved labour and deforestation, as well as its sedimentation in the form of texts. To this end, he interprets anglophone and francophone writings of various genres, from plantation manuals and travel writing to letters, poetry, and political proclamations, from an eco-Marxist perspective.