Short CV

• 2017-now: Sofja-Kovalevskaja Group Leader at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, Germany
• 2014-17: Post Doc (as a Schrödinger & Koshland Fellow) at the Weizmann Institute, Israel, with Prof. Leeor Kronik
• 2010-13: Ph.D. in Physics (as a DOC Fellow) from TU Graz, Austria, with Prof. Egbert Zojer
• 2005-10: M.Sc. in Physics from TU Graz, Austria

Selected Awards and Distinctions

• 2017: Nominee for the Gerhard-Ertl Award of the DPG Surface Science Division
• 2016: Sofja-Kovalevskaja Award of the Humboldt Foundation
• 2015: Best Thesis Award of TU Graz, awarded for Ph.D. thesis
• 2015: Josef-Krainer Award, awarded for Ph.D. thesis
• 2014: Koshland Prize of the Weizmann Institute of Science
• 2014: Schrödinger Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund
• 2010: DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Science

Other Interests

• traveling, nature & culture
• sports: road cycling, cross-country skiing, ski touring, hiking, running