Curriculum Vitae

Occupation:
Since 03-2024	Staff Scientist for Quantum Instrumentation at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Molecular Foundry
08/2022 – 02/2024	Research Program Director at Electron Optica Inc.
01/2023 – 05/2023	Consultant for Spark Thermionics, Inc., Berkeley
04/2018 – 07/2022	Physicist Project Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Molecular Foundry
05/2017 – 10/2017 11/2016 – 01/2017	Visiting Scholar at Stanford University in the Atom science group of Prof. Kasevich
Since 11/2010	Head of the junior research group Quantum Electron- & Ion-Interferometry within the Emmy Noether program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Institute of Physics, University of Tübingen, Germany
1/2008 – 10/2010	Postdoc at the Nano Atomoptics group of Prof. Fortágh at the Institute of Physics, University of Tübingen, Germany
5/2006 – 12/2007	Postdoc (Marie Curie ER Fellowship) at the Quantum Optics group of Prof. Zimmermann at the Institute of Physics, University of Tübingen, Germany
Education:
11/2005	Doctorate in physics with distinction
2/2002 – 11/2005	Doctorate thesis with the title: Optical Methods for Macromolecule Interferometry at the Quantum Nanophysics & Molecular Quantum Optics group, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Vienna, Austria Supervisor: Prof. Arndt / Prof. Zeilinger
10/2001	Diploma in physics with distinction Diploma thesis with the title: CO Adsorption on Iron Surfaces: An Ab-Initio Density-Functional Study, at the Computational Materials Physics group Institute of Material Science, University of Vienna, Austria
10/1999 – 10/2001	Study of physics, University of Vienna, Austria
08/1999 – 09/1999	Internship at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Helmholtz-center for heavy ion research) in Darmstadt, Germany
09/1998 – 07/1999	Erasmus exchange student at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Holland
07/1997	Internship at the Physics, Chemistry and Instrumentation (PCI) Laboratory of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Seibersdorf, Austria
10/1995 – 06/1998	Study of physics, University of Graz, Austria
6/1995	School leaving examination, Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium Hartberg, Austria
02/1994 – 06/1994	Senior at the Prescott High School, Prescott, Arizona, USA