CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson 1986-1991
Ph.D. in Astronomy 09/1991
Thesis Title: Disk Components in Early Type Galaxies
Advisor: Prof. Simon White

Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, München 1984-1986

Albert-Ludwig-Universität, Freiburg 1983-1984
 

FELLOWSHIPS / ACADEMIES

Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, National Academy
Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship 1996-1998
Hubble Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 1991-1994
Fulbright Scholarship 1986-1988
Bayrische Begabtenförderung 1983-1987
 

POSITIONS

Director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy since  01/1999 
Honorary Professor at the Universität Heidelberg since 2000
Associate Professor, University of Arizona  08/1998 –  12/1998
Assistant Professor/Astronomer, University of Arizona  08/1995 – 07/1998
Scientific Staff Member, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics  08/1994 –  08/1995
Member at the Institute for Advanced Study 11/1991 – 08/1994
Research Assistant at the NASA Theoretical Astrophysics Program 1987, 1989-1991
Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona 1988