CURRENT POSITION(S)
since 2021 | W2 University Professor for Imaging in Medical Research and Diagnostics | Department of Physics, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Germany
since 2020 | Deputy Director | Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
since 2014 | Head of Fiber Architecture Research Group | Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
PREVIOUS POSITION(S)
2006 – 2014 | Research Associate | Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
2004 – 2006 | Research Fellow | Department of Physics, Division Microelectronics and Optical Elements (PH-MIC-OE), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
2003 – 2004 | Research Associate | Department of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
EDUCATION
2000 – 2003 | Doctoral research study | Degree: Dr. rer. nat. in Physics, Department of Physics, RTWH Aachen University, Germany
1994 – 1999 | Study of physics | Degree: Diplom Physik (Dipl. Phys.), Department of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2021 | Best Scientific Image Award | Helmholtz
2004 – 2006 | Postdoctoral Fellowship | Department of Physics, Division Microelectronics and Optical Elements (PH-MIC-OE), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
2004 | Borchers-Badge (awarded for outstanding PhD thesis) | RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2001 – 2004 | Scholarship Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Elementary particles at the TeV scale | RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2000 | Scholarship Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Strong and weak interactions at high energy physics | RWTH Aachen University, Germany