Lucas Keller

Lucas Keller

Quantitative Researcher of Human Behavior

About me

I am the lead researcher at Smoke Free 23 GmbH. I did my graduate training at the Social Psychology and Motivation Group at the University of Konstanz.

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Smoke Free 23 GmbH
Lead Researcher
Jun 2023 – Present

Accomplishments include:

  • Supervision of the DiGA evaluation study with over 1000 planned participants in one of Germany’s first fully digital effectiveness studies
  • Assistance with app development and quality assurance
  • Qualitative and quantitative UX research
 
 
 
 
 
Senior Researcher
Oct 2016 – Present Konstanz, Germany

Accomplishments include:

  • Project lead of the DFG-funded research project ‘Updating Risk’; Management of more than 350k€ in research funds
  • Theses and internship supervision of 50+ Students
  • Cooperations with Viva con Agua on handwashing behavior in Uganda, the Mentor Stiftung on an evaluation of their Zukunftsmentoring (‘future mentoring’), and a leading German car manufacturer on user experience
  • Implementation of laboratory / online experiments and surveys; Conception, planning, data collection and analyses of 30+ Studies with 8000+ participants
  • 15+ professional publications with 450+ citations; communication of findings in 10+ interviews with journals (most recent: Scientific American)
  • Organization of an international summer school for PhD students
  • Consultant for digital transformation processes for the Department of Psychology
 
 
 
 
 
Visiting Researcher
Aug 2013 – Dec 2018 Konstanz, Germany
  • Several multi-month research stays
  • Guest lectures, supervision of student research projects, research administration duties
 
 
 
 
 
Junior Researcher
Aug 2013 – Sep 2016 Konstanz, Germany
  • Teaching courses on motivation, research methods, statistics, and psychometrics
  • Research on motivation, risk perception, and risk-taking behavior

Education

 
 
 
 
 
PhD (Psychology)
Aug 2013 – May 2017 Konstanz, Germany
  • Dissertation on Moderators of Goal Pursuit
  • Member of the DFG-Research Unit RISKDYNAMICS
 
 
 
 
 
BSc (Psychology)
Oct 2009 – Jul 2013 Konstanz, Germany
  • Graduated with distinction, enabling direct entry to a PhD program
  • Research assistant in Social Psychology
  • Teaching assistant in Psychometrics and Statistics
  • Award for Extraordinary Social Commitment from the Student Council

Certificates

DataCamp
Data Analyst Associate Certification
Focus: Data Management in SQL · Data Analaysis in SQL · Exploratory Analysis Theory · Statistical Experimentation Theory
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Leadership, Management, Science Communication and Knowledge Transfer Certificate
Focus: Agile Project Management · Project Planning and Coordination · (Written) Communication · Public Speaking · Supervisory Skills
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Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Focus: Online Marketing · SEO · SEM · Web Analytics · Business Insights
Validation Code: HYVQWP2L8
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