Curriculum Vitae

Education

1991	PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) with the thesis "Angle-resolved electron spectrometry of multi-electron processes after photoionization"
1985-1991	Doctoral thesis work in the group of Prof. U. Becker at the Technical University Berlin
1978-1985	Study of physics (major) at the Technical University Berlin, graduation with an experimental diploma-thesis

Professional Experience

2002-present	Associate Scientist at the Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC), University of Wisconsin, Madison
2000-present	Principal Investigator of a project funded by the National Science Foundation
1999-2002	Assistant Scientist at the Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC), University of Wisconsin, Madison
1997-1999	Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the Photon Faktory, KEK (Japan)
1994-1997	Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as a Feodor-Lynen Fellow of the A.v. Humboldt Foundation
1990-1993	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin (Germany)
1985-1990	Research Assistant, Technical University Berlin (Germany)
1984	Summer student at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg)
1982-1985	Teaching Assistant in a lab course for undergraduate students, Technical University Berlin (Germany)

Professional Memberships

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
American Physical Society (APS)
Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP)
APS Topical Group on Few-Body Physics (GFB)

Other Memberships

Who's Who in the World, 1995

Awards

Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1997-1999
Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship of the A.v. Humboldt Foundation, 1994-1997
Thesis with honors, 1991

Areas of Specialization

Studied atomic and molecular physics; in particular, multiple ionization by photons.
Performed experiments using synchrotron radiation at various laboratories: Synchrotron Radiation Center (WI), Brookhaven National Laboratory (NY), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA), Photon Factory, KEK (Japan), European Synchrotron Light Source (France), HASYLAB (Germany), and BESSY I (Germany).
Studied multi-electron processes after photo-excitation and -ionization.
Performed electron-atom and ion-atom collision experiments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (TN).
Participated in synchrotron radiation experiments with laser-excited atoms.
Designed a time-of-flight spectrometer for electrons and for ions.
Conducted electron-electron coincidence experiments.
Experienced in computer programming for data analysis, using BASIC, Fortran, Pascal, and Modula-2 programming languages.
Experienced in Web design including JavaScript.

Professional Services

Referee for Physical Review, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Physics B, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, and Jornal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena.
Proposal referee for the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Committee Work

Member of the Proposal Study Panel of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) in Berkeley, California, 2007-present
Member of SRC's Equity and Diversity Committee, 2006-present
Member of SRC's Aladdin Lamp Award Committee, 2002-present
Elected representative of the Special Interest Group "Time Resolved Spectroscopy" and member of the User Executive Committee at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven, NY, 1996-1997
Management commitee of the Institut für Strahlungs- und Kernphysik, Technical University Berlin, 1984-1985

Other Appointments

Co-Chair of the SRC 2005 Users' Meeting, Stoughton, 2005
Co-Chair of the SRC 2004 Users' Meeting, Stoughton, 2004
Chairman of the SRC 2001 Users' Meeting, Stoughton, 2001
Workshop chair of the "SRC Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Physics", Stoughton, 2000
Workshop secretary of the "International Workshop on Photoionization", Berlin, 1992