Joël Kurzweil was born in Graz, Austria. He received his BSc and MSc degrees in Physics from the University of Vienna in 2017 and 2021, respectively. During his master’s thesis, he undertook analytical and numerical studies of turbulent gravitational phenomena related to the instability of Anti-de Sitter (AdS) space. After graduating with distinction, he worked in industry as a data scientist. He joined the Institute for Microelectronics in August 2023, where he is pursuing his doctoral degree. His current research focuses on investigating insulators for 2D materials for next-generation electronic devices, as well as on the modeling of reliability phenomena in 2D material-based field-effect transistors.