Date of birth:    13.05.1971

Birthplace:        Neckarsulm

Citizenship:       Bundesrepublik Deutschland

 

Education & Positions

 
May 1990                   Graduation from high-school

Dec 1997                   Diplom in Physics

Institut f\”ur Astronomie und Astrophysik T\”ubingen (IAAT)

thesis on `Observations of Her-X1 with RXTE

Dec 1997 – Jan 1998   Research assistant

Institut f\”ur Astronomie und Astrophysik T\”ubingen (IAAT)

Feb 1998 – Dec 2001   PhD student

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\”at M\”unchen

& Max-Planck-Institut f\”ur extraterrestrische Physik Garching

thesis on `X-ray observations of the Taurus-Auriga-Perseus star forming region’

Dec 2001 – Jul 2002 Post-doctoral fellow (DLR Verbundforschung)

Max-Planck-Institut f\”ur extraterrestrische Physik Garching

Aug 2002 – Jul 2004 Marie Curie Fellow

INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

Jul 2004 – Jun 2005   Post-doctoral fellow (Co.Co.Co)

Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche ed Astronomiche, Universita di Palermo

Jul 2005 – Dec 2005   Post-doctoral fellow

INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

Dec 2005 – present     Staff research scientist

INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

  

Professional Services

 
Member of the Advisory Board of OAPa, Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (2012 — …)

Member of international committees:

  * XMM-Newton Users Group (2012 — …)
  * ESA Astronomy Working Group (2014 — 2016)

Member of Scientific Organizing Committees for international astronomical meetings:
  * IAU Symposium 314: Young Stars & Planets Near the Sun, May 11-15 2015, Atlanta, USA
  * Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun 18, 9 – 13 Jun 2014, Flagstaff, USA
  * Gaia and the Unseen: The Brown Dwarf Question, 24 – 26 Mar 2014, Torino, Italy
  * Brown dwarfs come of age, 20 – 24 May 2013, Fuerteventura, Spain
  * Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun 17, 24 – 29 Jun 2012, Barcelona, Spain
  * Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun 16, 29 Aug – 2 Sep 2010, Seattle, USA
  * Chandra’s First Decade of Discovery, 22-25 Sep 2009, Boston, USA
  * Mini-Symposium `Magnetic Activity’ at Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM), Chair, Sep 2001, M\”unchen, Germany

Member of peer review panel for observing proposals of space and ground-based telescopes:
  * Chandra (Cycle 5, Cycle 9, Cycle 11)
  * XMM-Newton (AO 5, AO 6)
  * European Southern Observatory (P 82, P 83)
  * Calar Alto Observatory (2010 — 2012)
  * Telescopio Nazionale Galilei (2012 — 2014)
  * Large Binocular Telescope [Italian Time] (2013 — 2014)
  * External referee for Canada-Hawaii-France-Telescope

Referee for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan