CURRICULUM VITAE Rebekka Burkholz

PERSONAL DATA

Name: Rebekka BurkholzBirth: 26.04.1987, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyAddress: Weinbergstr. 56/58, 8092 Zuerich, SwitzerlandContact: Phone: +41 44 6329860

E-mail: rburkholz@ethz.ch

EDUCATION

02/2013 – current Start Phd in Systems Design on Systemic Risk, Risk Center ETH Zurich,Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Schweitzer

06/2010 – 03/2012 Master of Mathematics, Minor subject: Physics, Technical University Darm-stadt, Germany, Specialization: Stochastics, Optimization, Grade: 1.12*

09/2008 – 06/2009 Study abroad,Bachelor of Mathematics/ Physics, Lund University, Sweden

09/2007 – 06/2010 Bachelor of Mathematics, Minor subject: Physics, Technical UniversityDarmstadt, Germany, Grade: 1.57*

09/2006 – 04/2011 Bachelor of Physics, Minor subject: Philosophy, Technical University Darm-stadt, Grade: 1.61*

06/2006 A level, Grammar school: Viktoriaschule, Darmstadt, Germany, Grade: 1.3*

PUBLICATIONS

03/2015 Working paper: How Damage Diversification Can Reduce Systemic Riskwith: Dr. A. Garas and Prof. Dr. Dr. F. Schweitzer, arXiv:1503.00925

10/2011 – 03/2012 Master thesis Mathematics: Stochastic FitzHugh-Nagumo SystemsSupervisor: Prof. Dr. W. Stannat

02/2011 – 04/2011 Bachelor thesis Physics: Analytical methods for modelling simple stochasticgene-regulation modulesSupervisor: Prof. Dr. B. Drossel

01/2010 – 06/2010 Bachelor thesis Mathematics: Entanglement breaking mapsSupervisor: Prof. Dr. B. Kummerer

SCHOLARSHIPS & NETWORKS

07/2010 Acceptance for Femtec.GmbHAdvancement of women in natural and technical sciences

03/2010 Participation UNO Simulation: National Model United Nations New Yorkas delegate of Malaysia in the UN Committee for Development Policy

02/2007 Acceptance for the academic foundationEvangelisches Begabtenforderungswerk Villigst e.V.

*German grade system: 1: very good, 2: good, 3: satisfactory, 4: sufficient 1

WORK EXPERIENCE & INTERNSHIPS

11/2012 – 01/2013 Internship at Deutsche Bank, Asset Management,Environmental and Social Capital:Risk Grading for Agricultural Projects in Africa

09/2012 – 10/2012 Internship at d-fine, Financial Consulting

• Teaching Student assistantAnalysis I - III, Linear Algebra I, Markovchains and interacting stochastic processes

• Student assistantSIAM Conference on Optimization 2011, Darmstadt

• Student assistantCongress of the German Physical Society (DPG) 2008, Darmstadt

WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

01/2015 ETH Risk Center Dialogue Event, ETH Zurich, CH, presentation

12/2014 Regulating Systemic Risk: Insights from Mathematical Modeling, Cam-bridge, UK, poster

09/2014 Monitoring Systemic Risk: Data, Models and Metrics, Cambridge, UK, poster

08/2014 Summerschool ETH World Food System Center: Organic Production Sys-tems, Rheinau, CH, participation

06/2012 Modeling Optimization and Simulation of Complex Fluid Flow, Darmstadt,participation

06/2012 The 5th Japanese-German International Workshop on Mathematical Fluid Dy-namics, Tokyo, presentation

06/2012 15th Internet Seminar 2011/12, Operator Semigroups for Numerical Analy-sis, Final Workshop, Blaubeuren, project supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stig Larsson,presentation

LANGUAGE & PROGRAMMING SKILLS

• German: mother tongue• English: fluently, Swedish: basic knowledge, French: basic knowledge• Matlab, R: good• C, C++, Python: basic knowledge

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

• Debating Club• Running, dancing: Standard, Latin• Voluntary activity: predicant, Protestant Church

Zuerich, 23. Marz 2015

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