Research & background

Curriculum Vitae.

Personal


Date of Birth:	03/24/1986
Nationality:	German
Family:	married, 3 kids

Professional Experience


01/2021 – Now	Junior Professor for Geomaterials and Crystalline Materials, University of Freiburg
01/2019 – 12/2020	Instrument Scientist, DESY, Hamburg
09/2015 – 12/2018	Scientific Assistant, Institute for Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne
07/2013 – 08/2015	Postdoctoral Scholar, GSECARS, University of Chicago
02/2013 – 05/2013	Postdoc, Bayerisches Geoinstitut/Institute for Crystallography, University of Bayreuth
11/2009 – 12/2012	Research Associate, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth
04/2009 – 10/2009	Student Assistant, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth
03/2007 – 03/2009	Student Assistant, University of Jena

University Education


02/2013	Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent), Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth
11/2009	Diploma in Mineralogy (with distinction), University of Jena

Awards


2019	The European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG) Award
2018	Max-Delbrück Prize for young researchers of the University of Cologne (96.000 € (+25% overhead) over 2 years unbound research funding)

Professional Service


2024 – Now	Spokesperson (Sprecher), Working Group “Mineralogical Crystallography”, German Society for Crystallography (DGK)
2023 – Now	Regular Member (Geoscience), Executive Committee of AIRAPT

Invited Talks


2026	Gordon Research Conference on “Research at High Pressure”, Holderness, USA — Structural Observations of Iron at High Pressure using MHz X-ray Diffraction
2026	Gordon Research Seminar on “Research at High Pressure” (Keynote), Holderness, USA — Atomic Structure of Glasses and Melts Under Planetary Interior Conditions
2026	Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC), University of Edinburgh, UK
2025	European XFEL HED planning meeting, Hamburg, Germany
2024	European XFEL/DESY Photon Science Users’ Meeting, Hamburg, Germany
2022	Gordon Research Conference on “Research at High Pressure”, Holderness, USA
2022	2 talks at the International School of Crystallography – 56th Course – Crystallography under extreme conditions – The future is bright and very compressed, Erice, Italy
2021	10th Asian conference on High Pressure Research (ACHPR-10), Online Conference
2021	Frontiers in Glass II, Online Symposium, June 30, 2021.
2018	European High Pressure Research Group Meeting (Plenary), Aveiro, Portugal
2018	Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, Toronto
2017	High-Pressure Mineral Physics Seminar, Saint Malo, France
2016	European High Pressure Research Group Meeting, Bayreuth, Germany (archived programme)
2016	13th International Workshop on Water Dynamics, Sendai, Japan
2015	AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, USA
2015	Geophysical Laboratory, Washington USA
2014	Princeton University, USA
2013	AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco USA