EDUCATION
Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, 2005, Cornell University
M.S., Theoretical Physics, 2003, Cornell University
Vordiplom, Physics, 1999, University of Hamburg
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Lecturer (full tenure), Studienkolleg fuer auslaendische Studierende an der Universität Hamburg, 2014 – present
Lecturer (full tenure), Studienkolleg fuer auslaendische Studierende an der Universität Hamburg, 2013 – 2014
Lecturer, Studienkolleg fuer auslaendische Studierende an der Universität Hamburg, 2010 – 2013
Lecturer, State of Hamburg, Germany, 2008 – 2009
Research Associate, Harvard University, 2007 – 2008
Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley, 2005 – 2007
Research and Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, 2000 – 2005
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Compact Objects
Plasma Physics
General Relativity
AWARDS
German National Merit Foundation, Fellow
(Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
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