The applicant is already enrolled in the HPI Digital Health MSc and possesses strong AI/ML, computational neuroscience, and dynamical‑systems expertise, which aligns with the AI safety research focus. The programme’s emphasis on social‑science AI safety and open‑source contributions matches the applicant’s open‑science ethos, but the primary research themes (drug resistance, cardiotoxicity) are only tangentially related to core AI safety topics, limiting the overall fit.