Hi, I'm Moritz!
I'm a research assistant in an integrative exercise physiology lab based in Hannover, Germany.
I'm currently completing my Master's and plan to start a PhD afterwards.

I work in integrative human exercise physiology, with a particular interest for the messy interface between cardiovascular regulation, metabolism, and the influence of different stressors on the system.

This website and my blog exist because I think science is a craft but the process behind it often remains invisible. Papers show the polished product, but not the days where a “simple” measurement fails or the tweaks during pilot testing that finally make a protocol study-ready. I want to make that process more visible (for others and for my future self).

Most of my work revolves around a deceptively simple question:
Does cardiac output always match peripheral demand - and what happens when it doesn’t?

I’m especially interested in situations where the body seems to "choose" between competing priorities as a way to connect mechanism with meaning. The same trade-offs that shape performance in healthy people may also help explain vulnerability in clinical populations.

Practically, that means I spend a lot of time with echocardiography, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, blood pressure measurements, and tools like NIRS, lactate measurements, and controlled stressors such as exercise, local heat or blood flow restriction.

If that sounds interesting, take a look at my blog or get in touch