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Born 10 Nov 1961, Mannheim (Germany)
Scientific Education
1980 – 1986 Study of physics (diploma), Univ. of Hannover, Germany
1986 – 1989 PhD student, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Career History
1986 – 1989 Research and Teaching Assistant, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
1989 – 1990 Visiting scientist, Inst. of Spectroscopy, Troitsk/Moscow, USSR
1990 – 2000 Researcher, Max-Planck-Inst. for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
1994 – 2000 Lecturer at Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany
2000 – now Professor of Experimental Physics, Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria
2003 – now Scientific Director at IQOQI, Austrian Acad. Sciences
Professional Activities
2005 – 2008 Dean of the Faculty for Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics at Innsbruck University
2005 – 2008 Co-Editor Europhys. Lett.
2005 – 2007 European Physical Society, Atomic and Molecular Physics Division (AMOPD), Committee member
2005 – 2011 Board member (deputy for experimental physics), Austrian Science Fund FWF
2006 – 2009 Head of the Center for Quantum Physics, Univ. of Innsbruck
2009 – 2013 Head of Innsbruck Physics Research Center, Univ. of Innsbruck
2012 – 2014 Managing Director of IQOQI Innsbruck
2014 – 2019 Speaker of the International Advisory Board, Kazan Federal University, Russia
2017 – 2021 Head of the Institute of Experimental Physics, Univ. of Innsbruck
2020 – now Member of the Committee of Experts for the German Excellence Strategy, Germany
2021 – now Member of Committee C15: AMO Physics, IUPAP
2022 – now Managing Director of IQOQI Innsbruck
2023 Member of the Evaluation Panel for Physics, Univ. Olomouc, Czech Republic
Awards/Honors
1989 Silver medal for outstanding PhD thesis, ETH Zurich
1996 Gerhard-Hess-Award of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2005 elected Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
2005 Wittgenstein Award
2005 “Austrian” of the Year (area of research)
2006 elected Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
2006 Beller Lectureship Award of the American Physical Society
2007 Fellow of the American Physical Society
2008 Science Prize of the State of Tyrol (Tiroler Landespreis für Wissenschaft)
2009 Frew Fellowship (Australian Academy of Science)
2010 Austrian Scientist of the Year 2009, elected by the Austrian Club of Education and Science Journalists
2018 Faddeev medal (American Physical Society and European Research Committee on Few-Body Problems in Physics)
2021 ERC Advanced Grant
2021 TOPTICA Senior BEC Award