Christoph joined the Department of Statistics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich in 2023 as a PhD candidate. He holds a Master’s degree in Statistics & Data Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics with a minor in Business Administration, both from LMU Munich. His Master’s thesis focused on handling missing data in causal effect estimation using targeted maximum likelihood estimation. He applies these and other methods to topical questions in HIV treatment research within the context of IeDEA-SA.