Key Facts
Professorship
Photonics & Ultrafast Laser Science, member of the Research Center since 1st of August 2024
Department
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr University Bochum, Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability (UA Ruhr)
Qualifications
- 2012: Doctorate in Physics at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 2007: Engineering Diploma & M.Sc. at the Institut d’Optique Graduate School & Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Work History
- 2020-2024: Full Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 2016-2020: Associate Tenure-track Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 2013-2016: Postdoctoral Researcher, Physics Department, ETH Zurich and Physics Department, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
- 2009-2012: Research Assistant, Physics Department, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2007-2008: Engineering Trainee, Coherent Inc., Santa Clara, California, USA
Awards
- Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics
- Zhenyi Wang Award for Excellence in IRMMW-THz
- Sofia Kovalevskaja Award
- ERC Consolidator Grant
- ERC Starting Grant
- ERC Proof of Concept Grant
- Leibniz Institute of Crystal Growth International Fellowship Award
Main Research Areas
- Laser-driven plasma sources at high average powers
- Terahertz sources, technology and spectroscopy
- High-power ultrafast solid-state lasers at wavelengths between 1 and 3 µm
