Research interests

• Ultrafast dynamics of strongly correlated electron systems
• Time-resolved spectroscopies
• Time-resolved resonant X-ray diffraction
• Time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
• Magnetic materials and phase transitions
• Charge density wave materials
• High-Tc superconductivity

CV

Current Position

• Group leader of the Emmy Noether research group Dynamics of Correlated Materials at the Fritz Haber Institute

Research Positions

• 2013 – 2015: Postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
• 2012 – 2013: Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. U. Bovensiepen at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Education

• Ph.D. in Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, July 2012, „Ultrafast dynamics of strongly correlated electrons“, supervisors Prof. Dr. M. Wolf, Prof. Dr. U. Bovensiepen
• Diploma in physics, Freie Universität Berlin, August 2008, „Ultrafast dynamics in Pb/Si(111) quantum wells“, supervisor Prof. Dr. M. Wolf

Awards/Fellowships

• 2013 Laureate of the Carl-Ramsauer-Award of the Physical Scociety of Berlin (PGzB)
• 2005-2008 Fellow of the German National Merit Foundation (Studenstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)