Born: September 20, 1963 in
Eichstätt,
Bavaria, Germany
Civil status: married, three children
Education:
Ph.D., Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ., 1996.
M.S., Division Applied Sciences, Harvard Univ., 1994.
Diplom,
Inst. Geophysics,
Univ. Munich,
Germany, 1990.
Professional Experiences:
Visiting Researcher,
Centre for Advanced Study, at the
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,
2010/08 -- 2011/06
Professor II,
Physics of Geological Processes,
University of Oslo,
since 2009/10
Researcher,
Section 2.5 Geodynamic Modelling,
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,
Potsdam,
since 2009/07
Researcher,
Sentrum for Geodynamikk,
Norges geologiske undersøkelse,
Trondheim,
2004/08 -- 2010/07
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Bayerisches Geoinstitut,
Univ. Bayreuth,
2002/09 -- 2002/10 and 2004/04 -- 2004/08
Researcher,
IFREE,
JAMSTEC,
Yokosuka,
2002/11 -- 2004/03
Visiting Fellow,
CIRES,
Univ. Colorado at Boulder,
2001/09 -- 2002/08
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Inst. Meteorology & Geophysics,
Univ. Frankfurt,
1997/03 -- 2001/08
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Inst. Earth Sciences,
Academia Sinica,
1996/03 -- 1997/02
Research & Teaching Assistant,
Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences,
Harvard Univ.,
1990/09 -- 1996/01
Awards:
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Scholarship, Germany, 1990/09--1991/06
Bayer. Begabtenfördererungsgesetz Scholarship, Germany, 1983/10--1989/06
Professional Affiliation:
European Geosciences Union