personal website

 
 

Curriculum Vitae
Research Positions  
  • since March 2015

Researcher at the Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany
 
  • Sept. 2014 - February 2015

Researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Garching, Germany

 
  • Sept. 2011 - August 2014

European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) fellow, Garching, Germany

 

Visiting Assistant Project Scientist at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego

 
  • April 2008 - August 2011
Postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego with Takamitsu Miyaji and Rick Rothschild
   
  • January 2008 - March 2008
Public outreach, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, Germany
   
Educational Background  
  • February 2008
Ph. D. Degree: February 29th, 2008, magna cum laude
  • Oct. 2004 - December 2007

Ph. D. student at the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, Germany with Matthias Steinmetz and Axel Schwope on "X-ray and optical properties of X-ray luminous Active Galactic Nuclei"
 
  • Oct. 2003 - September 2004
Research assistant at the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam
  • September 2003
M.S. (Diplom Physik): September, 2003, A+
  • Sept. 1997 - September 2003
Studies in physics at the University of Potsdam, Germany - specialization in astrophysics and attitude control of satellites (Technical University Berlin, Germany)
Personal Interests Scholarship of the University of Potsdam for studies at the
University of California, Santa Cruz, USA / Fulbright "Travel Grant Only" scholarship (September 2001 - June 2002)
  Ballroom and Latin tournament dancing
Sailing, scuba diving, surfing
Space flight and space technology