About the Person

My research area is astroparticle physics. Since 2000, I am member of the Pierre Auger Collaboration , which is investigating ultra high energy cosmic rays. Since early 2011, I am also working at the JEM-EUSO experiment , which will measure the ultra high energy cosmic rays from the ISS (International Space Station). My main working topics are the investigation of atmospheric influences on the development and detection of extensive air showers, as well as the determination of air fluorescence emission.

Curriculum Vitae

Year of Birth: 1974
Family: married
1 daughter
Study: 1993 - 1995 Physics (Diploma), University Karlsruhe
1995 - 2000 Physics and Geography (for teaching at Gymnasien), University Karlsruhe
Professional Experience: 2000 - 2003 PhD student at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute for Nuclear Physics, Prof. J. Blümer
Conferral of a doctorate December 2003
2003 - 2008 scientific employee at University Karlsruhe, Institut for Experimental Nuclear Physics
since 2004 member of the "Centrum für Elementarteilchenphysik und Astroteilchenphysik (CETA)" or the "KIT Center Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics (KCETA)"
2005 - 2008 funded by the DFG Individual Grants Programme
Jan. - June 2006 guest-scientist at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Fisica Atomica, Molecular y Nuclear, Prof. F. Arqueros, Spain
2008 member of the "KIT-Young Investigator Network (YIN)"
since early 2008 Co-Taskleader "Detector Performance - Atmospheric Monitoring" in the Pierre Auger Collaboration
since 2008 scientific employee at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (since 1st October 2009 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), Institute for Nuclear Physics
since 2011 member and coordinator for equal opportunities of the Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics


My PhD thesis

Investigation of Atmospheric Effects on the Development of Extensive Air Showers and their Detection with the Pierre Auger Observatory
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