The following is a concise overview of my curriculum vitae. For more details, please visit my LinkedIn profile. Additional information about the projects I am involved in can be found on my employer’s website. A list of my publications can be accessed via SAO Astrophysics Data System, Google Scholar, and ORCID.
(Photography by Christian Kielmann)
Experience
since 2019: Head of Technical Section
Support the realization of cutting-edge instrumentation projects foundational to astronomical research at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP).
2009 – 2019: Postdoctoral researcher and project manager at the research section Physics of the Sun
Managed hardware contributions to the instrument for ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission, ensuring successful design, development, and integration of key hardware components at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP).
2005 – 2009: PhD student / Solar Physics Researcher
Focused on the study of solar flares and particle acceleration within flare plasma, developing a new model for the generation of energetic electrons using simplified coronal current systems at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP).
2003 – 2005: Diploma / Guest student
Focused on solar physics, studying energetic electron transport in flare and interplanetary plasmas at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP).
Education
2008: doctor rerum naturalium (PhD)
PhD degree in physics with specialisation in astrophysics
2004 Diplom-Physiker (Dipl.-Phys.)
Diploma degree in physics