Responsibility beyond the CV.

Six commitments since 2012, two scholarships and two programs.

A Red Cross medical team in front of an ambulance
Medical standby team, Potsdam

Where I help out.

German Red Cross civil protection, Potsdam

Volunteer emergency medical responder

Civil-protection unit: alerts in emergencies, plus medical standby at events.

about 1 alert a month

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Trained as a Sanitätshelfer and in BOS radio communication specifically for this role. Alerts with the civil-protection unit about once a month, roughly every second one a real deployment, for example supporting the fire brigade during a major fire (November 2025) and relieving the ambulance service during a black-ice event (February 2026), plus medical standby duty at cultural and sports events every two weeks or so.

  • Trained as a Sanitätshelfer and in BOS radio communication for this role
  • Supported the fire brigade at a major fire (November 2025)
  • Relieved the ambulance service during black ice (February 2026)
Marvin in Red Cross duty uniform next to a fire engine
Red Cross duty, Potsdam

sdw regional group Potsdam

Public-relations officer

Organized a full-day resilience workshop for 87 eleventh-graders (1 July 2026).

87 students, one day

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Led the school outreach for the group's 2026 Social Day (22 Potsdam schools prioritized, outreach strategy, letters) and organized a full-day workshop on resilience and self-efficacy for 87 eleventh-grade students at the Leonardo-da-Vinci-Gesamtschule Potsdam on 1 July 2026. Co-organized the group's Christmas event.

  • Led the school outreach for the 2026 Social Day: 22 Potsdam schools prioritized, strategy and letters
  • Workshop on resilience and self-efficacy at a Potsdam comprehensive school
  • Co-organized the group’s Christmas event

Ignite, HPI's student-led entrepreneurship initiative

Member and co-organizer

Brought 12 HPI students in 3 teams to START Hack 2026 in St. Gallen.

12 students, 3 teams

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Co-organized “IgniteGoesHackathon”, which brought twelve HPI students in three teams to START Hack 2026 in St. Gallen, including the funding application, and ran startup research and outreach for the “IgniteYourCareer” summit in July 2026.

  • Co-organized “IgniteGoesHackathon”, including the funding application
  • Startup research and outreach for the “IgniteYourCareer” summit (July 2026)
hpi-ignite.de

University of Potsdam

Member of the Student Election Committee

Fair and transparent student elections; seat of the Digital Engineering Faculty.

Details

Seat of the Digital Engineering Faculty. Helping to run fair and transparent elections to the student parliament and the faculty committees.

takeøff, a student cultural collective in Potsdam

Core team

Affordable music and culture nights, run by volunteers.

150–300 guests per night

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Volunteer-run music and culture events at affordable prices, five to eight so far with 150 to 300 guests each, including a free club night funded by the City of Potsdam in January 2026. My parts change from event to event: sound and stage tech, building the collective's own subwoofers, the bar, set-up, and the website.

  • Five to eight events so far, including a free club night funded by the City of Potsdam (January 2026)
  • Sound and stage tech, the collective’s own subwoofers, bar and set-up
  • Built the collective’s website
The website
Marvin on a ladder rigging lights and cables on a club stage
Stage build for a takeøff night

Chikara-Club Erfurt

Mentoring younger members

Accompanied younger members in training and at competitions.

13 years

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Thirteen years of karate, first competing, later with a community focus: accompanying younger members in training and at competitions, occasionally leading children's sessions, helping to run competitions and training camps.

  • Occasionally led children’s sessions
  • Helped run competitions and training camps

Two scholarships, two programs.

The scholarships support the studies; the programs are non-monetary.

sdw Klaus Murmann Fellowship, Foundation of German Business

One of Germany's 13 federally funded talent foundations; seminars and a regional group.

sdw.org

Sparkassenstiftung Erfurt scholarship

For achievement and engagement; the funds went into PneuNet.

McKinsey Firsthand

Non-monetary talent program: coaching, coffee chats, a recruiting contact.

e-fellows.net online scholarship

Non-monetary online scholarship: mentoring, network and events.