Degrees

• Habilitation, Free University Berlin, 2003
• Ph.D. (summa cum laude), Free University Berlin, 1995 (thesis advisor: Prof. Gerhard Ertl)
• Diploma in Physics, Free University Berlin, 1992

Current Positions

• Jan. 2004 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University

Previous Positions

• July 1998 - Dec. 2003: Research Staff Member, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin
• June 1996 - June 1998: Postdoctoral fellow, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights

Professional Societies

• Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie (since 2003)
• American Physical Society (since 1996)
• German Physical Society (since 1992)

Professional Honors

• IBM Research Division Award (2000)
• Feodor-Lynen Scholarship, Alexander von Humboldt Society (1996-1998)
• Otto-Hahn Medal, Max-Planck-Society (1996)
• Carl Ramsauer Award, AEG/Daimler-Benz Corporation (1996)