Lebenslauf (komplett)

Curriculum Vitae (29.10.2014)
Academic career
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July 2012: Habilitation at the University of Tübingen on the topic: “Ränder und
Oberflächen in der Quantenoptik – Nanophotonik mit kalten Atomen”
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April 2012: Admission to the “Eliteprogramm für Postdocs” of the “Landesstiftung
Baden-Württemberg”
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December 2011: Appointment to a „Juniordozent“ (W1) at the University of Tübingen
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Mai 2011: Coordinator of an international network on light scattering in cold atomic
gases, FP7-IRSES-2010 COSCALI/268717
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Mai 2007: graduation Dr. rer. nat. with grade „summa cum laude“
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Mai 2003 - Mai 2007: PhD in the quantum optics group of Prof. Dr. Claus
Zimmermann, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Tübingen:
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2003: graduation to Dipl. Phys. ETH
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2002 / 2003: diploma thesis in the quantum optics group of von Prof. Dr. Tilman
Esslinger, ETH Zurich: “Generation of a frequency comb with an electro-optic
modulator inside an optical cavity”
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1998 - 2003: Study of physics at „Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH)
Zurich”, Switzerland
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1997-1998: Military service at the mountain infantry of the German Bundeswehr
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1997: Abitur at Gymnasium Leopoldinum Passau with grade 1,2
Prices
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2008: „Promotionspreis der Universität Tübingen“ for best PhD thesis at the „Fakultät
für Mathematik und Physik“
1997: „Jugend forscht“: first prize at the competition „Niederbayern“ and spezial prize
at the competition „Bayern”
1995 and 1996 each: third prizes at the „Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik”
Fund raising:
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2012: Admission to the “Eliteprogramm für Postdocs” of the “Landesstiftung BadenWürttemberg” with a proposal on “Interactions of single atoms with plasmonic
nanofibre tips”, funding amount is 99’800 €.
2010: FP7-IRSES-2010 COSCALI/268717 program of the EC for funding of an
international network with nodes in France, Italy and Brazil, funding amount is
86’100 €.
2007: Start-up sponsorship for young researchers by the University of Tübingen with
an amount of 25’700 €
Applications:
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Juni 2014: Invitation to University of Mainz for presentation for a W2-professor
position in experimental atomic physics
May 2013: Invitation to University of Siegen for presentation for a W3-professor
position in nanophotonics
Februar 2013: Invitation to University of Hamburg for a presentation for a W1-junior
professor position in atomic and molecular physics
April 2012: Invitation to University of Ulm for a presentation for a W3-professor
position in experimental physics / hybrid quantum systems.
February 2012: Invitation to University of Mainz for a presentation for a W2-professor
position in experimental quantum optics / quantum information: No.3 on short list
November 2011: Invitation to University of Innsbruck for a presentation for a tenuretrack professor position in experimental quantum physics
October 2011: Appointment to a W1-Junior-Dozent at Eberhard-Karls Universität
Tübingen
September 2010: Offer for a lecturer position in the physics department at
Swansea University, Wales
September 2008: Invitation to the university of Basel for a presentation for the
position of an assistant professorship
Referee work:
Regular work as referee for following journals:
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Nature Communications
Physical Review Letters and PRA (APS)
Journal of Physics B (IOP)
European Physical Journal D (EPJD)
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (IEEE/ASME)
Cooperations:
Networks:
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Coordinator of an international network on “Collective Scattering of Light” (COSCALI)
which is funded within the Marie Curie Actions of the European Research Agency
(REA) under contract PIRSES-2010 COSCALI/268717.
Participation in the network on “European Quantum Standards and Metrology”,
(EuroQuasar), funded by ESF, finished
Further cooperations at the university of Tübingen:
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Prof. A. Meixner / Dr. D. Zhang (nano-optics)
Prof. D. Kern / Prof. M. Fleischer (nanofabrication)
Prof. C. Zimmermann (quantum optics)
Prof. J. Fortágh (nano atomoptics)
Prof. T. Judd (computational physics)
Dr. Alexander Stibor (ion interferometry)
Further international cooperations:
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Prof. N. Piovella, University of Milano, Italy (theoretical physics)
Prof. Ph.W. Courteille, University of Sao Carlos, Brazil, (quantum optics)
Prof. S. Scheel, Universität Rostock (theoretical physics)
Dr. R. Kaiser, Intitute Nonlinéaire de Nice (INLN), France (atom optics)
Dr. S. Buhmann, University of Freiburg (theoretical physics)