| 1975, Dec 27 |
place of birth: Aschaffenburg, Germany citizenship: German |
| 1995, May | Completed pre-university education with Abitur (baccalaureat degree) from the Kronberg Gymnasium Aschaffenburg. |
| 1995 - 1996 | Spent one year on civil service in Germany. |
| 1996 - 1999 | Undergraduate studies at the Universität Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany) with Vordiplom (~ equivalent to Bachelor's of Science degree) in physics. |
| 9/1999 - 10/2004 | Graduate studies at Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA), with professor Gordon Thomson. I started in the M.S. program, then switched to the Ph.D. program in 2000. I joined the HiRes collaboration at the beginning of my graduate studies. |
| 10/01/2004 | Ph.D. degree at Rutgers University. My Ph.D. thesis and defense can be seen at: Ph.D. thesis |
| 10/2004 - 12/2004 | Work as a post-doc at Rutgers University on HiRes. |
| 01/2005 - 01/2007 | Work as a post-doc on the Pierre Auger Observatory at the LPNHE (Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et de hautes énergies) in Paris. Two-year Marie Curie fellowship from the European Union. |
| 01/2007 until now | Position as a "Maître de Conférence" (Teaching/Research) at the Observatoire de Paris at Meudon. I have joined the H.E.S.S. collaboration at the LUTH laboratory (Laboratoire Univers et Théories). |
last updated: 2007-02-01