Vita

Professional Experience

Since 05/2022 Freelancer, Information Design & Data Science 

Since 09/2021 VR developer for scientific visualization, WUEDIVE, Univ. Würzburg, Germany

04/2019 – 08/2021 Post-Doc: Virtual and Augmented Reality in Physics Education, Univ. Würzburg, Germany
05/2020 – 08/2020 Information Designer Steinbeis Research Center Design & Systems, Würzburg
09/2018 – 03/2019  Design Internship, ART+COM Studios, Berlin, Germany
10/2013 – 09/2018 Astrophysicist, Univ. Würzburg, Germany
06/2015  Research stay, European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
06/2014  Research stay, NASA GSFC, Washington D.C., USA
09/2011– 03/2012  Student Trainee, European Space Agency, Madrid, Spain

Education

10/2015 – 03/2020 Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design, FHWS, Würzburg, Germany
04/2013 – 04/2019 PhD in Astrophysics, Univ. Würzburg, Germany
10/2010 – 02/2013 Master of Science in Physics, Univ. Würzburg, Germany
10/2007 – 07/2010 Bachelor of Science in Physics, Univ. Kiel, Germany

Awards

2021 Sonderforschungsförderpreis Digital 2021, Vogel Stifung Dr. Eckernkamp
2021 First Place, GBT@20 Data Image Contest,
2020 IIIDAward, Bronze Student Category,
International Institute for Information Design, Vienna, Austria
2020 Bergkristall 2020, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
2018 Silver Prize, Photo contest, UNESCO International Center for Martial Arts
2016 Newcomer Prize, Press Photo Lower Franconia, BJV
2013 – 2015 Research Grant, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
2013 Wilhelm-Conrad Röntgen Student Prize, University Würzburg

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, Processing, Arduino, Unity, Cinema4D, Blender, Video-Editing (Premiere, After Effects) R, Python

Professional Membership

eROSITA External Collaborator, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, MPE
Data Visualization Society
Astronomers for Planet Earth
International Association of Astronomical Artists
German Physical Society