Hi, I'm David.

I build robust and interpretable models for real-world problems, drawing on machine learning (trustworthy AI, self-supervised learning, adversarial methods) and quantitative social science (econometrics, algorithmic fairness).

Open to collaborations, supervising master’s theses, and opportunities at DDMind.
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Novel Ion Suppression-Based MS Approach (IS-MS) for Identification of Liquid Samples: Wine as a Case Study

With Maria Bikaki, Lu Hostettler, Matthias Kleiner, Götz Schlotterbeck, Markus Ehrat · Analytical Chemistry, 2026

Read the Paper, Write the Code: Agentic Reproduction of Social-Science Results

With Benjamin Kohler, Johanna Einsiedler, Alexander Hoyle, Elliott Ash · arXiv preprint, 2026

Synthetic Cancer: Augmenting Worms with LLMs

With Benjamin Zimmerman · Swiss AI Safety Prize, first prize, 2024

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