Education | |
| 05/1987 | School Leaving Examination, Eleonorenschule Darmstadt |
| 07/1987 - 10/1988 | Civil Service, Alice-Hospital, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Studies of Physics | |
| 10/1988 - 08/1991 | Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| 09/1991 - 12/1992 | Texas A&M University, USA (Graduate Level) |
| 12/1992 | Master of Science, Advisor M.J. Duff |
| PhD Studies | |
| 02/1993 - 11/1995 | Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Hannover, Germany |
| 11/1995 | Dr. rer. nat., Thesis: ``Supersymmetric Generalizations of Matrix Models'', Advisor O. Lechtenfeld |
| Habilitation | |
| 02/2003 | Department of Physics, Humboldt-University of Berlin; Thesis: ``Aspekte der Supermembran und Matrix Theorie'' |
Professional Experience | |
| 01/1996 - 11/1996 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, USA |
| 12/1996 - 08/1998 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Theory Group NIKHEF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 09/1998 - 01/2006 | Junior Staff Member, Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics, Albert-Einstein-Institute, Golm, Germany |
| 02/2006 - 01/2011 | Lichtenberg-Professor (W2), Institute of Physics , Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| since 02/2011 | Full Professor (W3), Chair: Quantum Field Theory and String Theory, Institute of Physics, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| 04/2009 - 10/2014 | Sprecher DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1504 "Masse, Spektrum, Symmetrie" (1. Förderperiode) |
| 01/2009 - 12/2012 | Projektleiter DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 647 "Raum-Zeit-Materie" (Teilprojekte A8 und B8, 2. Förderperiode) |
| 02/2006 - 02/2011 | Lichtenberg-Professorship of the Volkswagen Foundation |
| since 02/2006 | <Member International Max-Planck Research School for Geometric Analysis, Gravitation and String Theory |
| 10/2006 - 12/2008 | <Projektleiter DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 647 "Raum-Zeit-Materie" (Teilprojekte A6 und B5, 1. Förderperiode) |
| 10/2004 - 10/2006 | DFG Schwerpunktprogramm 1096 "Stringtheorie" (1 postdoc position for 2y) |
Per Sundin (PhD, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2010) -> (Postdoc, University of Capetown)
Thomas Klose (PhD, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2005) -> (Postdoc, Uppsala University) -> (Postdoc, Princeton University) -> (Lecturer, Uppsala University)
Diploma/Master of Science
Andre Grossardt (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2010) -> (PhD, Quantum Gravity, ZARM Bremen)
Theodor Schuster (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2009, Lise-Meitner-Prize 2009) -> (PhD in my group)
Konstantin Wiegandt (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2008, Heraeus-Prize 2009) -> (PhD in my group)
Ralf Sattler (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2008) -> (PhD DESY Zeuthen/my group)
Andreas Rodigast (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2007, Heraeus-Prize 2008) -> (PhD in my group)
Alexander Hentschel (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2007) -> (PhD, Quantum Computing, University of Calgary)
Fabian Spill (Diploma, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2007, Humboldt-Prize 2007) -> (PhD, String Theory, Imperial College London)
Steffen Stern (Diploma, University of Bonn, 2005) -> (PhD, Cosmology, Heidelberg University)
Petra Gutjahr (Diploma, University of Bonn, 2004) -> (PhD, Theoretical Biophysics, MPI for Colloids and Interfaces, Golm)