Andrea Geistanger is a dedicated leader in data science, currently serving at a Swiss-owned diagnostic company. She studied Mathematics and Economics at the University of Ulm and earned her PhD in Statistics from the University of Dortmund. Andrea is passionate about advancing novel medical diagnostic technologies and enjoys delving into history, combining her analytical mindset with a curiosity about the past. 

Born in Romania as part of the German minority, Andrea emigrated to Germany as a child, an experience that shaped her enduring interest in migration. She explores questions about what drives individuals, families and communities to leave their homeland and what makes them feel settled again. Despite living in Munich for over 23 years, she occasionally feels like an outsider, though her children, born there, are true “Münchner Kindl.”