Education
2017 Habilitation
École Normale Supérieure Paris*, France
2010-2013 PhD in Physical Chemistry (summa cum laude)
Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz*, Germany
2004-2010 MSc Chemistry and Philosophy (with honors)
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
*The ENS is one of the top universities in Europe and holds the record for most Nobel prizes/number of students. The Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) ranks among the top research centers for polymer science worldwide.
Current Positions
Since 2020 Associate professor at the University of Vienna (Inst. Biol. Chemistry)
Since 2019 Vice head of the NMR core facility, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna
Previous Positions
2019-2020 Assistant Professor (accelerated tenure track)
University Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Austria
2015-2018 Post-doctoral researcher / Junior PI
Laboratoire des Biomolécules, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
2013-2015 Post-doctoral researcher
Max Perutz Labs (MPL), Vienna, Austria
Scientific Awards and Distinctions
2022 Ignaz L. Lieben Award (Austrian Academy of Science)
2022-2026 Ampère Committee member (European Magnetic Resonance Society)
2020 Accelerated promotion to Associate Professor at the University of Vienna
2018 ERC Starting Grant (2 Mio EUR)
2013-2015 Feodor Lynen Scholarship of the Humboldt Foundation
(awarded to 48 selected post-docs Europe-wide in 2013)
2013 Otto-Hahn Medal for the top 20 PhD students within the Max Planck Society
2011-2013 Gutenberg-Academy Junior Fellow at the University Mainz, Germany
(awarded to top 1 % PhD students of Rhineland-Palatinate; 2000 EUR)
Important Institutional responsibilities
2022-present Bureau member of the European Ampère Society
2022-present Board member of the Austrian Physicochemical Society
2020-present PI panel head of the Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem, UniVie)
2019-present Vice head of the NMR core facility, Faculty of Chemistry
2016-2018 Contact for the French NMR infrastructure network IR-RMN-THC for DDNP
Membership Scientific Societies
2022-present Member of the Austrian Physicochemical Society (board member)
2020-present Member of the Society of Austrian Chemists (GÖCh)
2020-present Member of the Austrian University Professor Association (UPV)
2016-present Member of the Ampère Society (bureau Member), Switzerland
2013-present Member of the Humboldt Society (Humboldtianer), Germany