Short Biography
Positions
Since 2020 Lise Meitner Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg
2014 - 2020 Independent Research Group Leader at the MPIA in Heidelberg
2011 - 2014 Staff member at the European Southern Observatory in Garching
2010 - 2011 Fellow at the Excellence Cluster 'Origin and Structure of the Universe' in Garching
2007 - 2010 Fellow at the European Southern Observatory in Garching
Education
2003 - 2007 Ph.D in Astronomy, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy & University of Heidelberg
2000 - 2002 Diplom in Physics, University of Heidelberg
1999 - 2000 Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics at Cambridge University (DAMPT)
1997 - 1999 Studies of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Heidelberg
Honours & Awards
* Lise Meitner Excellence Programm - Awardee 2020
* Karl-Schwarzschild Lecture - Frankfurt am Main, 2019
* Beatrice M. Tinsley visiting scholar at The Univerity of Texas at Austin, Oct 2017
* Member of the Elisabeth-Schiemann Kolleg of the Max-Planck Society, since 2015
* Member of the Fast Track programme by the Robert Bosch Foundation, 2012-2014
* Junior PI of the Excellence Cluster 'Origin and Structure of the Universe', 2009-2014
* Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Fellow for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 2008
* Otto-Hahn-Medal of the Max-Planck Society, 2008
* Scholarship of the Christiane-Nuesslein-Volhard Foundation, 2006-2008
* Ernst-Patzer Award 2004
* Scholarship of the Cambridge European Trust, Cambridge University, 1999 - 2000