Personal

1. •Study of general physics at the Technical University of Munich, 1997–2003
   

2. •High school “Gymnasium Adolfinum” in Moers, 1988–1997
   

Education

1. •PhD astronomy, University of Bochum, 2008
   

2. •Diploma general physics, Technical University of Munich, 2003
   

3. •Diploma thesis, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, 2002–2003
   

Research experience

1. •Postdoc, 2009–present
   

2. Institute: Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire
   

3. Supervisor: Elias Brinks
   

4. Subject: the interstellar medium in nearby dwarf galaxies.
   

5. •PhD student, 2004–2008
   

6. Institute: Astronomical Institute, University of Bochum
   

7. Supervisor: Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar
   

8. Subject: radio continuum polarimetry observations of nearby edge-on galaxies.  Modeling of the
   

9. cosmic-ray distribution and the magnetic field structure.
   

10. •Diploma student, 2002–2003
    

11. Institute: Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics
    

12. Supervisor: Ewald Müller
    

13. Subject: development of a hydrodynamical simulation of a collapsing supermassive star in a
    

14. general relativistic spacetime.
    

Teaching experience

1. •Co-supervisor (unofficial) of the PhD thesis of Björn Adebahr (University of Bochum), 2009–present
   

2. •Co-supervisor of the PhD thesis of Dana Ficut-Vicas, 2009–present
   

3. •Teaching assistant, Optional Physics Course, “Planets and Black Holes: An Astronomy Course for
   

4. •Students of all Faculties”, summer 2008
   

5. •Teaching assistant, Physics Laboratory Course I, University of Bochum, spring 2008
   

6. •Teaching assistant, Physics Laboratory Course II, University of Bochum, fall 2007
   

7. •Teaching assistant, Optional Physics Course “Life in the Universe”, University of Bochum, summer 2006
   

8. •Teaching assistant, Optional Physics Course “Life in the Universe”, University of Bochum, fall 2006
   

Public outreach

1. •Editor of the amateur astronomy journal “Astro-Kurier”, 2006–present,
   

2. http://www.sternwarte-moers.de/AstroKurier/astrokurier.html (in German)
   

3. •Organizer of the astronomical youth camp “AAC”, 2004–2007
   

Memberships

1. •Member of the “Royal Astronomical Society”, 2009–present
   

2. •Member of the “Astronomische Gesellschaft”, 2008–present
   

3. •Member of the “Vereinigung der Sternfreunde”, 2008–present
   

4. •Member of the “Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft”, 2004–present
   

5. •Member of the “Astronomische Vereinigung West-München”, 1999–present
   

6. •Member of the “Moerser Astronomische Organisation”, 1995–present