The cryptocurrency market has experienced a bullish rally, fueled by investor optimism surrounding the expected upcoming crypto-friendly U.S. administration. Since election day on 5th November, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has risen by 30%, surpassed its previous all-time high, and started price exploration. This upward momentum is mainly attributed to the election outcome, where the victory of a pro-crypto candidate catalyzed both bullish sentiment and social interest …

I’ve long suspected that highly volatile and speculative assets are strongly driven by human emotion. Therefore, the „Crypto Fear and Greed Index“ appeared as a useful tool in addition to technical analysis to time market entries and exits. While this index is a useful tool for swing trading, especially when entering trades at high levels of fear after a pullback. Nevertheless, I noticed that the „Crypto Fear and Greed Index“ does not correlate well to market tops or bottoms…

My first PhD research project aimed at the preparation of vertically aligned nitrogen-doped carbon tubes via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) onto a commercial aluminum oxide (AAO) template. I can recount several challenges, many of which were solved by Guowen Meng and coworkers …

The science fiction novel „The Three-Body Problem“ by Liu Cixin outlines a potential scenario, in which an alien civilization sets up a radio frequency communication channel with earth and disrupts humanity’s scientific progress. Thereby, the imaginative scientific concepts and technologies presented in the book captivate the readers, …

Today, a 5 year long life chapter came to an end. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who helped me to succeed in this journey. In particular my colleagues and advisors, family and all the friends I have found in London. Everyone has their personal share on that achievement of graduating with a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London…