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CV: Research Professional/ Physicist
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Date Submitted: Last Modified: Current job: Employment Term: Job location: Date available: Industry: KeywordsInternationally experienced research, development physicist/PhD focused on instrument development with optical interferometry emphasis.
Skills include:
- Physical, technical optics
- Experimentation
- Measurement technology
- Programming, modeling, simulation
- Operation, maintenance of complex technical systems
- User support
- Project management
- Teaching at university level
Professional Experience
Since 04/2015 Teaching assignments, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and I. Institute of Physics, University of Cologne, Germany
Lecturing, problem sheet development, practice group and lab tutoring
10/2011 – 11/2013 “Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter”, I. Institute of Physics of the University of Cologne, Germany
Goal: Optical concept and optomechanical implementation of test setup for characterization of integrated optics for astronomical applications in spectro-interferometry at mid-infrared wavelengths
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Project Management: Coordinated successful lab renovations
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Teaching: Problem sheet development, group tutor, lecture fill-in
01/2011 – 10/2011 “Ingénieur de Recherche”, LESIA/Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
Worked within framework of OPTICON initiative
Goal: To evaluate atmospheric parameters from astronomical seeing and interferometry data in order to prepare effective fringe tracking algorithms for second-generation VLT Interferometer instrumentation
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Result: Contributed software tools to check data consistency, assign file names to selected two-dimensional data bins, compute and visualize average characteristics in each bin
07/2007 – 01/2011 “Chercheur”, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France
02/2009 – 07/2010 Project Manager
Worked on technology studies for nulling interferometry contracted by ESA
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Provided leadership to local working group as project manager
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Test optical achromatic phase shifters; experimentation, data analysis, modeling; assemble, align, analyze, and optimize optical system
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Introduce student interns to experiment design and usage, instruct them regarding project protocol relative to operation and research goals
Accomplishments:
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Discovered and investigated previously unrecognized parameter space of experiment, determined ideal working point, thus optimized performance of optical setup
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Coordinated submission of final report for ESA contract
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Developed and introduced work plan and document referencing system, improved and streamlined access to technical information
03/2003 – 05/2007 “Astrophysicist”, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge/MA, USA
Worked on IOTA stellar interferometer and EPODS project:
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Successfully completed instrument hardware and software upgrades
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Observatory operation: maintenance, problem analysis, solving, testing
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Observer support: scheduling, training, on-site and remote assistance
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Science observations with collaborators, resulting in PhD theses and refereed publications
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Provided reference documents, maintained project's website and introduced mailing lists, thus improving efficiency of information sharing
Accomplishments:
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Led installation, commissioning, and integration of new star tracker CCD camera; transferred technical know-how from camera provider, coordinated internal and external multidisciplinary contributors; result was improved interferometer performance
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Developed software module which expanded planning of telescope array configuration and improved efficiency
06/2002 – 08/2002, Marie Curie Fellow, LESIA, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
04/2001 – 11/2001 Acquisition of astronomical interferometry data, reduction, modeling, and simulation with radiative transfer code; results published in refereed journal; article was part of a continued series of publications in collaboration with local working group
11/2002 – 12/2002 “Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter”
02/1998 – 02/2001 “Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft”, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany
Design, assembly, alignment, and commissioning of optical system coupling in coherent and incoherent light sources; provision of spectral references for instrument calibration; characterization of optical and opto-mechanical elements
Education
10/2002 Doctoral degree in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and University of Heidelberg, Germany; doctoral thesis: “Calibration of MIDI, the Mid-infrared Interferometer for the VLTI”; specialization: Digital Image Processing
01/1997 Diplom (~ Master's degree) in Physics, University of Heidelberg, Diplomarbeit (~ Master Thesis, 15 months): “Thermal Expansion Behavior of Tunneling Tips in Laser Supported Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”, in German; specializations: Astronomy, Electronics
05/1989 Abitur, Gymnasium (Secondary School) Korntal
Formational Periods
12/2013 – 08/2014 Deutsche Angestellten-Akademie, Cologne; further education, job coaching
02/1997 – 07/1997 Capernwray Bible School, Moss Vale, NSW, Australia; Certificate II in Basic Lay Ministry (certificate in Australian qualification framework)
06/1989 – 08/1990 Military Service in a communications unit
Skills
Native language German, English fluent (level C1-C2), French advanced (level B2) in speaking and writing
Experienced in use and administration of Unix/Linux, MS Windows, and MacOS and application software:
Optics simulation, analysis and optimization in Zemax
Programming in Python, IDL; also PASCAL, C, LabView, HTML/CSS, and bash/csh
Office suites MS Office and LibreOffice/ OpenOffice, LaTeX text processing, MS Project
Continuing education: “Working in Project Mode”, “Project Management”
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