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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
02/2010
Full professor for nuclear chemistry, jointly appointed by the Johannes
Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany and the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für
Schwerionenforschung GmbH in Darmstadt, Germany. Head of the research section "Superheavy
Element Chemistry", Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Germany.
01/2006-02/2010
Staff scientist in the Nuclear Chemistry Group, Gesellschaft für
Schwerionenforschung mbH in Darmstadt, Germany.
07/2005-12/2005
Staff scientist in the Heavy Element Group, Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA, USA.
09/2002-06/2005
Physicist Post Doctoral Fellow with Prof. Dr. H. Nitsche in the Nuclear Science
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA, USA, and the
Department of Chemistry at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.
11/1998-07/2002
Teaching Assistant at the Department for Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of Berne, Switzerland. Education of chemistry students
in basic radio- and nuclear chemistry lab courses.
EDUCATION
2002
Doctoral thesis "Chemical Investigation of Hassium
(Hs, Z=108)", University of Berne, Switzerland; 24. June 2002.
1998-2002
PhD Student in Chemistry with Prof. Dr. H.W. Gäggeler at the University of
Berne, Switzerland, and at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
1998
Diploma thesis "Thermochromatographische Untersuchung von radioaktivem Ruthenium
(106Ru) mit Sauerstoff als Trägergas" (in German), University of
Berne, Switzerland; 2. April 1998.
1997-1998
Diploma student in chemistry with Prof. Dr. H.W. Gäggeler at the University
of Berne, Switzerland.
1993-1998
Studies in Chemistry at the University of Berne, Switzerland.
1993
Maturity Type C (Mathematics und Natural Sciences).
1988-1993
Städtisches Gymnasium Bern-Neufeld, Berne, Switzerland.
AWARDS, HONORS
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Listed in "Who's Who
in Science & Engineering", 9th Ed., 2006-2007.
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Young Researcher
Participant at the 2006 Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates.
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3rd price
for the best poster contribution. 6th International Conference on
Nuclear and Radiochemistry, NRC 6, Aug. 29 - Sep. 3, 2004, Aachen, Germany.
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UC Berkeley 2003
Seaborg Travel Award.
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2002-2003 Grant for
prospective researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation.
LANGUAGES
German: Mother tongue
English: Very good knowledge
French: Good knowledge
Russian: Basic knowledge
SERVICE TO
THE COMMUNITY / PERSONAL INFORMATION
2010
Symposium co-organizer
Symposium on "Advances in Nuclear Chemistry of Transactinides" in the
2010
International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, PACIFICHEM 2010,
December 15-20, 2010, Honolulu, HI, USA.
2010
Member
International Advisory Committee
2nd European Radioactive Ion Beam Conference, EURORIB 2010, June
06-11, 2010, Lamoura, France.
2010
Co-organizer
Workshop "Inelastic Reaction Isotope Separator", IRiS 10, held on March 01, 2010
at the GSI in Darmstadt, Germany.
2009-
Member
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), Germany
Divison
of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, American Chemical Society, U.S.A.
2007-
Co-organizer
Workshop Series "Recoil Separator for Superheavy Element Chemistry", TASCA 07,
TASCA 08, and TASCA 09, usually held in the fall at the GSI in Darmstadt,
Germany.
2003
Member of the local organizing committee of the 2nd International Conference on
the Chemistry and Physics of the Transactinide Elements, Napa, CA, Nov. 16-20,
2003.
2001
Participation in the Summer School "Actinides" of the Institute for Transuranium
Elements of the Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, June 20-23, 2001, Karlsruhe,
Germany
1997-2002
Group leader "Nuclear and Chemical Protection" of the local section of the Swiss
Civil Protection.
1996
Course "Group Leader Nuclear and Chemical Protection" of the Swiss Civil
Protection.
1993-1998
Part time job as health physicist assistant at the Nuclear Power Plant in
Mühleberg, Switzerland. Responsible for radiation protection of mechanical
staff.
1992
Course "Health physicist assistant" at the Nuclear Power Plant in Mühleberg,
Switzerland.
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