Welcome! I am a DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

My work sits where international relations meets American politics, and asks how domestic institutions shape the foreign policy of democracies. One line of research focuses on the US presidency and Congress: how presidents apply preemptive pressure to foreign policy legislation, and how the power of the purse drives the interbranch tug-of-war over the direction of American foreign policy. A second strand turns to Europe, asking how the EU and its member states respond to rising international uncertainty and increasingly fragile alliances. Running through both are abiding interests in transatlantic relations, political polarization, and the politics of climate change.

Right now I am writing a book on legislative politics and the making of US foreign policy, which traces how modern presidents use the power of the purse to steer policy from the White House. A companion project examines climate change communication and governance on both sides of the Atlantic. My recent work on presidential power received the 2026 Founders Award from the APSA Section on Presidents and Executive Politics for the best paper by a Ph.D.-holding scholar.

I earned my doctorate from Leibniz Universität Hannover in 2023, and first came to Chapel Hill as a visiting scholar during my doctoral research before joining the department in 2024. I love teaching and writing about these questions, and I am always glad to talk with students, colleagues, and anyone curious about US and transatlantic politics.