Education and Academic Experience:

07/2004-present

Staff scientist at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

07/2002-06/2004

Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis of Utrecht University

01/2002-06/2002

Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Applied Science of the University of California at Davis
and
Guest researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

1998-2001

Post-graduate researcher at the Department of Applied Science University of California at Davis
and
Graduate student at Hamburg University, Germany
PhD Thesis at HASYLAB/Department of Physics, Hamburg University, Germany

1994-1998

Master of Science in Physics (Diplom), Hamburg University, Germany

Other work Experience

1994

Internship with Hoechst AG Frankfurt. Software development with the technical support.
07/1990-09/1991
Social Service (Zivildienst); paramedic training with Johanniter Unfall Hilfe Mainz/Germany

Honors and Awards

07/2006

Farrel Lytle Young Scientist Award of the International X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) society "in recognition of his contribution in developing XAFS-related techniques such as x-ray emission spectroscopy, resonant and non-resonant x-ray scattering."

1995-1998

Fellowship of the German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstifung des Deutschen Volkes)

Teaching

Professional Memberships and Activities:

Invited talks at international meetings