Education
| 01/2001 - 07/2005 | PhD studies at the I. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln (Germany) |
| May 2005 |
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in experimental physics. Thesis: "High Resolution Terahertz Spectroscopy on Small Molecules of Astrophysical Importance" |
| 1994 - 2000 | Studies of Physics |
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July 2000 |
Diploma in Physics at the Institut für Atomare und Analytische Physik der Technischen Universität Berlin Thesis: "Bestimmung von Zerfallswahrscheinlichkeiten atomarer Lochzustände mit Koinzidenzmethoden" |
| 10/1997 - 07/2000 | Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) |
| 08/1996 - 05/1997 | University of St. Andrews (Scotland, UK) |
| 10/1994 - 07/1996 | Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Germany) |
| May 1994 | Abitur at the Kardinal-von-Galen Gymnasium in Kevelaer (Germany) |
Employment History
| 10/2009 - now | Post-Doc at the I. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln (Germany) |
| 09/2008 - 09/2009 | Post-Doc, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne - EPFL (Switzerland) |
| 08/2005 - 08/2008 | Post-Doc, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - CfA (Cambridge, MA, USA) |
| 01/2001 - 07/2005 | Research Associate at the I. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln (Germany) |
| 09/2000 - 01/2001 | Research Associate at the Institut für Atomare und Analytische Physik der Technischen Universität Berlin (Germany) |
| 04/1998 - 09/2000 | Student Assistant at the Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) |
Teaching Experience
Tutor for undergraduate
students in the practical course (TU Berlin, Uni Köln, CfA)
Supervisor of the courses "Molecular Spectroscopy", "Experimental Physics" (Uni Köln)
Organization of the physics day for highschool students (Uni Köln)
Research Stays
| 9/2008 | Summerschool BIOSYS2008 in St. Raphael (France) |
| 2002 - 2008 | Several observations at the IRAM 30m telescope (Spain) |
| 11-12/2007 | Research Stay at University of Basel (Prof. J. Maier) - REMPI measurements of TiO2 |
| 10/2007 | Observations with the Australian Telescope Compact Array (Australia) |
| 2006-2008 | Several Observations with the Green Bank 100m Telescope (USA) |
| 2005 | Observations with the Kitt Peak 12m Telescope (USA) |
| 2001 - 2004 | Several observations at the 100m radio telescope at Effelsberg (Germany) |
| 09/2001 | IRAM Summerschool on mm-Observing Techniques and Applications (Pradollano, Spain) |
| 1999-2000 | Several projects at the synchrotron sources HASYLAB at DESY (Hamburg, Germany) and at BESSY II (Berlin, Germany) |
Languages
German native speaker
English fluent
Spanish/French elementary
Awards/Fellowships
January 2001 Award for the reduction of the duration of studies in physics by the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Stiftun
2005 Menzel Fellowship, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard University (Cambridge, USA)
December 2005 Klaus Liebrecht Award of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Universität zu Köln