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Education

Dr. rer. nat., Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2003
Diploma degree, Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2000

Research Experience

since January 2007

Assistant Professor, I. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany

2003 - 2006

Postdoctoral position, Centre de Physique Théorique, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, and Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, in the group of Antoine Georges

2001 - 2002

Visiting scholar, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, in the group of Juan M. Sanchez

2000 - 2003

Doctoral thesis:
Ab-initio examinations on the electronic structure and statistical mechanics of multicomponent intermetallic systems considering as example Ni-Fe-Al (in german)
Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany. Advisor: Manfred Fähnle

1999 - 2000

Diploma Thesis:
Ab-initio statistical mechanics for the modelling of the NiAl system (in german)
Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany. Advisor: Hans-Eckhart Schaefer and Manfred Fähnle