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Research interests
Theoretical studies on
- control of pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems
(investigation of the periodically forced complex Ginzburg-Landau equation as well as realistic models describing eg. the catalytic CO oxidation on Pt(110) or the photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction) - nonequilibrium pattern formation in reactive soft matter
- nonlinear dynamics in semiconductors
Working experience
| 01/2003-06/2010 | Research scientist in the Department of Physical Chemistry of the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin (Complex Systems Group of Prof. Alexander S. Mikhailov).
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| 09/2007-04/2009 | Additional role as the press officer of the Fritz-Haber-Institut.
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| 09/2002-12/2002 | Postdoc in the Dynamics of Complex Systems Group, Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy), within the EU TMR network LOCNET (Prof. Roberto Livi). |
| 10/2001-06/2002 | Assistant at the Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin. |
| 10/1999-09/2001 | Post-graduate library traineeship (Bibliotheksreferendariat) (civil service trainee of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz). |
| 02/1999-09/1999 | Postdoc in the Unidad de Fluidos, Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), within the EU TMR network Spatially Extended Dynamics (Prof. Manuel G. Velarde). |
| 10/1994-04/1998 | Research assistant (PhD studies) in the Nonlinear Dynamics Group (Prof. Jürgen Kurths) and chair of Statistical Physics/Theory of Chaos at the Universität Potsdam (Prof. Arkady Pikovsky). |
| 06/1994-11/1994 | Research assistant on the BMFT Project Evolutionary Algorithms with Prof. Werner Ebeling, Humboldt-Universität Berlin. |
| 04/1989-03/1992 | Teaching assistant (tutor), Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technische Universität Berlin. |
Education
| 09/2001 | Postgraduate degree in library studies and management ("Staatsprüfung für den höheren Dienst an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken", academic title: "Assessor des Bibliotheksdienstes"), Library School Frankfurt/Main. |
| 10/1999-09/2001 | Trainee librarian (Bibliotheksreferendar) at the University of Mainz Library (practical training) and Library School Frankfurt/Main. |
| 05/1998 | PhD in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.), Universität Potsdam (Prof. Arkady Pikovsky, Chair in Statistical Physics / Theory of Chaos) |
| 10/1994-05/1998 | PhD student at the Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Universität Potsdam |
| 04/1994 | Diploma in Physics (equivalent to MSc degree, academic title:
Dipl.-Phys.), Technische Universität Berlin (Prof. Eckehard Schöll, Institute of Theoretical Physics) |
| 04/1986-04/1994 | Physics studies, Technische Universität Berlin |
| 12/1985 | High School Diploma (German Abitur, equivalent to A-Levels/university entrance exam) |
| 09/1979-12/1985 | Rückert-Gymnasium in Berlin-Schöneberg (High School) |
| 08/1973-07/1979 | Sternberg-Grundschule in Berlin-Schöneberg (Elementary School) |
Additional experience
| 11/2006-12/2010 | Member of the committee on Environment, Transport and Local Agenda 21
of the Borough Assembly Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
(Bürgerdeputierter im Ausschuß für Umwelt, Verkehr und Lokale Agenda 21
der Bezirksverordnetenversammlung Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf).
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Hobbies
| 11/2006-12/2010 | Cycling, contributing to OpenStreetMap, bee keeping, urban gardening |
