About

Dr Isabella Deutsch, M.Sc B.Sc
currently living in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Applied ML Research at a tech startup
PhD in Statistics, University of Edinburgh
Founder of the Piscopia Initiative
Former Trustee at the Edinburgh University Students’ Association
Read a recent profile at the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences here!

Education

• PhD Statistics / University of Edinburgh (School of Mathematics)
  see “Academic” page for detail
  find my PhD Thesis on the University of Edinburgh’s website.
• Enrichment Scheme Student / Alan Turing Institute
• M.Sc Statistical Science / University of Oxford (Department of Statistics & St Peter’s College)
• B.Sc Statistics / University of Vienna (Faculty of Business Administration)

Work Experience (selected)

• Applied ML Researcher / tech startup
• Data Scientist / Smart Data Foundry
• Strategic Data Scientist / Concept Ventures (Venture Captial Fund)
• Tutor / University of Edinburgh
  see “Academic” page for detail
• Junior CRM & Data Manager / Wuestenrot (Insurance and Loan Association)
• Sales and Marketing Assistant /PICUS (Advertising Agency)
• Social Media Analyst / META Communications International
• European Volunteering Service / Anne Frank Zentrum

Volunteer Work (selected)

• Teaching Assistant / Bayesian Data Analysis for Global South and underrepresented groups
• Mentor and Consultant / Hackathon, DataFest 2021, Edinburgh
• Director and Trustee / Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA)
  Trustee and non-executive director on the board of EUSA, which represents over 40,000 students, has an annual income of over £8 million, and employs around 100 salaried staff.
• PhD Student Representative / School of Mathematics, Edinburgh
• Student Representative / APTS Advisory Committee
• Co-Founder / The Piscopia Initiative (www.piscopia.co.uk)
  Encouraging women and non-binary students to apply for PhDs in mathematics. Work included organising events across Scotland, securing funding, coordinating participants, liaising with stakeholders, and hosting a five day virtual conference.
• Volunteer / Eurovision Song Contest

Awards (selected)

• 1^st prize Industrial Statistics Awards / International Society for Bayesian Analysis (2022)
• Best Presentation Award / Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting (2022)
• Edinburgh Teaching Award Category 1 / Higher Education Academy (2021)
• Austrian Youth Prize (2016)

Grants

• Go Abroad Fund / University of Edinburgh (2023)
• Small Grant / Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (2023)
• Early Researcher Grant / London Mathematical Society (2022)    
• Junior Researcher Grant / International Society for Bayesian Analysis (2022)
• Enrichment Scheme Stipend / Alan Turing Institute (2022)  
• Fully funded PhD Scholarship (2019-2024)
• TOP Merit Scholarship / County of Lower Austria (2018, 2019, 2020)
• Scholarship for Academic Excellence / University of Vienna (2017, 2018, 2019)

Memberships and Admission

• Clinton Foundation Global Initiative University (2020)      
• Austria to Austin Start Up Program by the US Embassy (2016)  
• “Talente Österreich” (student talent program, 2014)

On Stage

• Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (2024)
• Edinburgh Science Festival: Mathematics Showdown (Winner, 2023) 
  Watch here!
• Nerd Nite Austin: Randomness and Order in Life and in Maths (2016)