Short CV

since Oct. 2019

Professor for Theoretical Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin

Oct. 2013 – Sep. 2019

Junior professor for Theoretical Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin

Jul. 2010 – Sep. 2013

Postdoctoral researcher, Freie Universität Berlin, group of Prof. Dr. Frank Noé

Jan. 2010 – Jul. 2010

Visiting Lecturer at CECAM Node “Scientific Computing in the Molecular Sciences”  at Freie Universität Berlin

Oct. 2005 – Oct. 2009

PhD studies in Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

PhD thesis: “Algorithms for the Analysis of Biomolecular Simulations: Ensemble Averages, Marginal Distributions, Clustering, and Markov Models.” Advisor: Prof. Dr. Wilfred F. van Gunsteren

Oct. 2002 – Apr. 2005

Diploma studies in Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, Degree: Dipl-Chem. (ETH).

Diploma thesis: “Estimating the absolute entropy of a liquid based on a single molecular dynamics simulation under  periodic boundary conditions.” Advisor: Dr. Philippe Hünenberger

Oct. 2000 – Sep. 2002

Diploma studies in Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Degree: intermediate diploma.

Jun. 2000

University entrance diploma (Abitur), Remstal-Gymnasium Weinstadt

 

Awards and fellowships

• Hans G. A. Hellmann-Preis for Theoretical Chemistry awarded by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie for ``Method development in the field of dynamical simulation and characterization of the long-term dynamics of complex molecular systems'' 
• Die Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, selected member (Jun. 2016 - Jun 2022)
• "63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting", selected participand (Jul. 2013)
• Workshop “Berlin der Begegnung”, selected member (Feb. 2013)
• ProFiL-Programm, selected member (Oct. 2010 – Feb. 2012)
• CBSB11 Outstanding Young Researcher Award (Jul. 2011 )
• Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, fellowship (Feb. 2001 – Mar. 2005)
• Siemens Management Consulting, foreign exchange scholarship (Oct. 2002 – Sep. 2003)
• Verein der chemischen Industrie, scholarship (Oct. 2000 – Sep. 2002)

 

Memberships

• Die Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, alumni
• German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft)
• German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie)
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie
• Alumni association of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)