Acadamic career

• since 01/2020: Junior research group leader at MBI
• 04/2016 – 12/2019: Postdoc at Max-Born-Institut Berlin, Germany
• 10/2014 – 03/2016: Postdoc at Imperial College London, United Kingdom
• 10/2011 – 09/2014: Postdoc at Max-Born-Institut Berlin, Germany

Education

• 06/2008 – 09/2011: PhD studies at University of Hamburg, Germany
• 10/2002 – 03/2008: University studies at Dresden University of Technology, Germany
• 08/2005 – 06/2006: University studies at Lund University, Sweden

Awards

• 2016: ISUILS Award for Young Researchers from the Japan Intense Light Field Science Society
• 2014: Postdoc research fellowship at the Imperial College London awarded by the German Research Foundation in 2014
• 2008: PhD fellowship: Member of Graduate School GrK 1355
• 2005: Erasmus fellowship at Lund University
• Travel Grant for ICPEAC 2015 from the European Physical Society
• Travel Grants for DAMOP 2015 and Ultrafast Phenomena 2016 from the German Academic Exchange Service

Theses

• PhD thesis (University of Hamburg): Laser-based terahertz-field-driven streak camera for the temporal characterization of ultrashort processes
• Diploma thesis (Dresden University of Technology): Lasing characteristics of optically structured organic microcavities
• Master thesis project (Lund University): Optimization of high-order harmonic generation using an ultrashort pulse high-intensity laser

Important publications

• 1 Publication as last author in Nature
• 1 Publication as last author in Nature Photonics
• 1 Publication as last author in Optica
• 1 Publication as lead author in Nature Communications
• 6 Publications as lead author in Physical Review Letters

Talks and posters

• 13 Invited conferences talks
• 1 Postdeadline talk
• 21 Contributed conference talks
• 11 Poster contributions