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I love challenges and new experiences. This is why I chose to attend schools and universities in four countries:
- I went to primary and middle school in Germany.
- Aged 15, I studied in France during a 4-month exchange.
- Back from France, I attended my German middle-school for one more year before obtaining my high-school diploma ("A-levels") at Palmer's College in Essex, England. The math virus got me and I won a gold medal at the UK Senior Math Challenge during my time at Palmer's.
- I did a BSc in Mathematics at Jacobs University in Bremen (Germany), taking numerious elective courses in Computer Science, Economics and Physics. I was member of the German National Academic Foundation, Germany's most prestigious honors society, since freshman year.
- I am currently doing a PhD in Mathematics at Cornell University in New York, USA. I will graduate in the summer of 2012.
I love
languages, and won a "Europasieger" title awarded for outstanding
results in English and French in the national German language competition for
students ("Bundeswettbewerb Fremdsprachen"). I also speak Spanish. The next language I want to get conversational in is Chinese.
I like to push myself. I did my first full ski marathon (cross-country) aged 13. Sports involving water are my favorites. The picture on the right shows me after my first olympic distance triathlon in 2008.
I enjoy good food. My girlfriend and I keep a (semi-private) blog into which we collect recipes for dishes that turned out particularly tasty: http://gernese.wordpress.com/.