Short CV

2021-	Full professor in Weltraumwissenschaften, Graz University of Technology, Austria
2021-	Director, Institute for Space Research Graz (IWF), Austrian Academy of Science
2021	Full professor (chair) in Physics & Astronomy, University of St Andrews, UK
2016-2021	Director, St Andews Centre for Exoplanet Science, University of St Andrews, UK
2019-2021	Senior Scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research
2014-2021	Reader in Physics & Astronomy, University of St Andrews, UK
2010-2014	Lecturer in Physics & Astronomy, University of St Andrews, UK
2009-2010	SUPA Advanced Fellow and Honorary Lecturer, University of St Andrews, UK
2005-2006	ESA Darwin Research Fellow, ESTEC Noordwijk, The Netherlands

2004	Habilitation in Astrophysics, Center for Astronomy und Astrophysics, TU Berlin
1999	PhD dissertation (Dr. rer. nat., with distinction), Fakultät II TU Berlin
1996	Diploma in Physics, TU Berlin, diploma thesis in astrophysics
1990-1996	Studies of Physics, TU Berlin and FU Berlin, incl. diploma thesis at NBI Copenhagen

Awards, Grants, Prizes

ERC Starting Grant 2010-2016 (LEAP PI, held at the Universiy of St Andrews):
- The LEAP project was initiated by funding from the European Research Council (acronym ‘lightning’) under the 7th frame workprogramm ‘Ideas’ for the duration of 5 years. It started in March 2010. The ERC project team was made of the project leader, 3 postdoctoral researchers, 3 PhD students, project- and summer students.
Marie-Curie Innovative Training Network for Joint European Degrees (2020-2014, held at the University of St Andrews in 2020, then at the IWF and the TU Graz) "CHAMELEON: Virtual Laboratories for Exoplanest and Planet-Forming Disks"

chemistry and physics of exoplanet and brown dwarf atmospheres
cloud formation, atmosphere chemistry, charge processes
hydrodynamic simulations incl. cloud formation for mapping cloud distributions on exoplanets
linking to space observatiosn with the James Webb Space telescope, CHEOPS, PLATO

For more details, have a look at the Research section.

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