Team

Researchers

Prof. Dr. David Goretzko



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Professor for Psychological Methods at Goethe University Frankfurt

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  • since 2025: Professor for Psychological Methods (with a Focus on Methods for Psychotherapy Research at https://www.dynamic-center.net/) at Goethe University Frankfurt
  • 2022 - 2025: Assistant Professor “Methodology and Statistics” (Utrecht University)
  • 2022: Habilitation (LMU Munich)
  • 2022: Interim Professor “Psychological Methods” (Leipzig University)
  • 2021 - 2022: Interim Professor “Computational Modeling in Psychology” (LMU Munich)
  • Since 2021: PI in Project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG GO 3499/1-1)
  • 2020: Ph.D. Psychological Methods (LMU Munich)
  • 2018: M.Sc. Statistics (LMU Munich)
  • 2016: M.Sc. Psychology (LMU Munich)
  • 2015: B.Sc. Physics (LMU Munich)
  • 2014: B.Sc. Psychology (LMU Munich)


Dr. Melanie Viola Partsch



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PostDoc in Methodology and Statistics at Utrecht University

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  • Since 08/2023: Postdoctoral Researcher in DFG Project “Detection and Classification of Misspecifications in Structural Equation Modeling using Machine Learning” (DFG GO 3499/1-1, Utrecht University)
  • 2023: PhD in Psychology (GESIS & RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau)
  • 03/2022-09/2022: Research Associate (University of Education Weingarten)
  • 03/2017-12/2022: Research Associate (GESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
  • 2016: M.Sc. Psychology (University of Mannheim)
  • 2013: B.Sc. Psychology (University of Ulm)


Dr. Philipp Sterner



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Post-doctoral Researcher at Technical University of Munich

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  • Since 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher involved in the Programme for International Student Assessment [PISA] (TU Munich)
  • 2025: PhD in Psychological Methods (LMU Munich)
  • 2024 - 2025: (Postdoctoral) Researcher and Statistician at the DZPG
  • 2025: M.Sc. Statistics & Data Science (LMU Munich)
  • 2021 - 2024: Research Associate and Statistical Consultant for Graduate School POKAL (LMU Munich)
  • 2021: M.Sc. Psychology (LMU Munich)
  • 2017: B.Sc. Psychology (LMU Munich)


Arwin Nemani, M.Sc.



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PhD Candidate and Research Associate at Goethe University Frankfurt

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  • Since 10/2025: Research Associate in Psychological Methods (with a Focus on Methods for Psychotherapy Research) at Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Since 2022: PhD Candidate in Psychology (Goethe University Frankfurt)
  • 2022: M.Sc. Psychology (Goethe University Frankfurt)
  • 2020: B.Sc. Psychology (Goethe University Frankfurt)


Mareike Ebert, M.Sc.



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PhD Candidate and Research Associate at Goethe University Frankfurt

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  • Since 10/2025: Research Associate in Psychological Methods (with a Focus on Methods for Psychotherapy Research) at Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Since 2025: PhD Candidate in Psychology (Goethe University Frankfurt)
  • 2024: M.Sc. Psychology (Goethe University Frankfurt)
  • 2022: B.Sc. Psychology (Goethe University Frankfurt)


Tizian Schuhbeck, M.Sc.



Research Associate at Goethe University Frankfurt

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  • Since 11/2025: Research Associate in Psychological Methods (with a Focus on Methods for Psychotherapy Research) at Goethe University Frankfurt
  • 2025: M.Sc. Mathematics (LMU Munich, Thesis: “A Generalized Framework for Pattern Message Passing”)
  • 2022: B.Sc. Mathematics (LMU Munich, Thesis: Mathematical Aspects of Pairing Mechanisms in BCS Theory”)

Interns & Student Assistants

Caterina Luz Sanchez Steinhagen, M.Sc.



Master Thesis Student and Research Intern at the Measurement and Machine Learning Lab

Short CV:

  • 2025: M.Sc. Psychology: Learning Sciences and Human Development (LMU Munich)
  • 2023: State Examination (M.Sc. equivalent) School Psychology (LMU Munich)