| 10/08/1981 |
Born in Kusel, Germany |
| 03/2001 |
School-leaving examination in Kusel |
| 11/2001 - 07/2002 |
Military service in Kusel |
| 10/2002 - 10/2006 |
Study of Microsystems Technology, FH Kaiserslautern |
| 08/2004 - 01/2005 |
Practical semester at the National University of Singapore, ''Development and Fabrication of a LIGA Cuvette for in-situ Electroplating Observation'' |
| 01/2005 |
Honored with the "Preis des Freundeskreises" as best student after the third semester (intermediate diploma) |
| 04/2006 - 09/2006 |
Diplom semester at Xaar plc, Cambridge, UK, ''Investigation of Spatial Pressure Formation in Ink Channels using Laser Doppler Vibrometry''
Honored as best thesis of the year with the 2007 BOSCH prize |
| 10/2006 |
Diplom-Ingenieur (FH), FH Kaiserslautern |
| 12/2006 - 06/2009 |
Teaching assistant at the Department of Electrical Engineering, UNL |
| 07/2009 - 12/2010 |
Research assistant at the Department of Electrical Engineering, UNL |
| 08/2009 - 09/2009 |
Research fellow with the Biorgel group, Linkoping University, Sweden |
| 04/2010 |
Outstanding Graduate Research Award, College of Engineering, UNL |
| 12/2010 |
PhD in Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "Generalized Ellipsometry on Sculptured Thin Films made by Glancing Angle Deposition" |
| 03/2011 |
Recipient of the Paul Drude Medal |
| since 01/2011 |
PostDoc at University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
