Curriculum Vitae 

Present Position


2020-
Support Scientist
ALLEGRO ALMA ARC Node, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands



Work Experience


2017-2020
Support Scientist
Joint Institute for VLBI-ERIC (JIVE), Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
2014-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching, Germany
2013-2014
Postdoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Karl M. Menten
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR), Bonn, Germany
2008-2013
Research Assistant in the group of Prof. Dr. Karl M. Menten
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR), Bonn, Germany



Education


2010-2013
PhD in Astrophysics (Dr. rer. nat.)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany
Grade: Magna cum laude (Very good, 0.7)
Thesis Title: Multi-Wavelength Observations of the High-Mass Star Forming Complexes W33 and 
DR21
2004-2009
Diplom in Physics
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany
Thesis title: Multi-Wavelength Studies of Massive Star Formation in the Galactic Centre 
Region



Fellowships


2014-2017
Postdoctoral fellowship
European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
2012-2013
International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR), Bonn, Germany
2010-2011
Predoctoral fellowship
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, USA
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Reid



Publications


A list of my publications can be found here.




Observing Experience


Year
Telescope
Proposal title
Awarded Time

2020
HSA
Tracing the gas flows in the inner Galaxy with maser astrometric observations
156 h
2018
VLA
Tracing the physical conditions of large-scale shocks in the Galactic Center
15 h
2016
APEX
A 600-722 GHz spectral line survey of Sgr B2(N)-SMA2 with the SEPIA receiver at the APEX telescope
4 h
2015
APEX
The origin of the high gas temperatures in the Central Molecular Zone
35 h
A SEPIA spectral line survey of Sgr B2(N)
2.7 h
Testing the N2H+/CS abundance ratio as a chemical clock in the star-forming complex W33
1.6 h
VLA
Cluster-formation in filaments engulfed towards the W33 Main cloud center
1.7 h
2015
VLBA
3D motions of gas clouds in the Central Molecular Zone
63 h
2014
VLA
Ubiquitous stellar winds in cometary H II regions?
3.5 h
2012
APEX
Hot and Cold Cores in the Massive Star Forming Complex W33
11 h
The Mysterious Temperature Structure of Galactic Center Clouds
17.5 h
VLBA
3D Streaming Motions in the Nuclear Disk of the Milky Way
3x 7 h
2011
IRAM
Filamentary Massive Accretion Flows from 5 pc to 0.05 pc
10 h (co-I)
SMA
A Panchromatic High-Resolution View of a Complex Star Forming Region W33
1 track
2010
VLA
Are hypercompact HII regions present in W33 Main?
3 h
SMA
A Panchromatic High-Resolution View of a Complex Star Forming Region
2 tracks



Science Communication





Professional Service





Professional Memberships




Copyright © 2020 · All Rights Reserved · Home