I am a legal scholar at the University of Hamburg and work at the intersections of law, philosophy and cognitive science. My legal background is in German criminal and international human rights law as well as legal philosophy, and I have a keen interest in bioethics, neuroethics, and technology ethics.

At present, I am the PI of several international and interdisciplinary research collaborations. One concerns legal and ethical issues arising from the blending of artificial and organic intelligence through neurotechnologies, HYBRID MINDS, another the the return of psychedelics into medicine (PSYCHEDELSI). I am also examining ethical and human rights questions arising from the use of Virtual Reality in forensic settings (VIRTUETHICS). With colleagues, I convene the Freedom of Thought Research Network.

I co-edit the book series Palgrave Studies on Neuroscience, Law & Human Behavior. If you have a manuscript or ideas for edited volumes, please let me know (here is our CfP). I am also an associate editor of the journal Neuroethics.