Curriculum Vitae
Born 1972, in Fulda. Physics Student at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn (1991-1995), Diploma Student in Physics, University of Bonn, in the group of Dieter Meschede (diploma thesis: "Stimulierte Lichtkräfte mit Pikosekunden Laserpulsen") (1995-1997); Research Visit at Stanford University, in the Group of Mark A. Kasevich (now Yale) (1997-1998); PhD student at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich in the group of Ted Hänsch (thesis: "Atomlaser und Phasenkohärenz atomarer Bose-Einstein-Kondensate") (1998-2000); Project Leader Ultracold Quantum Gases at the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics in the group of Ted Hänsch (since 2000); Project Leader Ultracold Quantum Gases at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich in the group of Ted Hänsch (since 2002); Scientific Head QUANTUM / EXAKT group at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (2003).
Selected Awards
Körber Prize 2013