About me

I am a Staff Scientist and Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany (MPIA). I am also an Adjunct Associate Astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and a Visiting Associate in Astronomy at the California Insitute of Technology, USA (Caltech).

I serve as the Project Scientist for the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA-2000). My research has been supported through two ERC grants (Consolidator Grant in 2013-2018: Cosmic_Dawn, Advanced Grant in 2018-2024: Cosmic_Gas).

I also serve as Scientific Editor at the AAS Journals, and am chair of the MPIA PhD Advisory Committee.
Research Interests

Projects

Observatories

I am the Project Scientist for the DSA-2000, and have served on Time Allocation Committees for IRAM, MeerKAT, EVLA, GBT, LBT, Calar Alto, MPG 2.2m, and OVRO. I have also served on various bodies (e.g., Users Committee, Scientific Advisory Committee) for a number of facilities (including IRAM, NRAO, ngVLA, DSA-2000, JWST-MIRI, Pan-STARRS1).