| | Education 2001 ∙ Dr. rer. nat., Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany 1996 ∙ Diplom-Physiker , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany Professional Experience 2013 - present ∙ Duke University, Durham, NC 2013 - present ∙ Primary Appointment: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 2015 - present ∙ Secondary Appointment: Department of Chemistry 2004 - 2013 ∙ Scientist (since 2009: Group Leader), Theory Department, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany 2002 - 2004 ∙ Postdoctoral Researcher, Solid State Theory Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO Publications Google Scholar Awards, Honors, Service 2023 - ∙ Timothy P. and Mary M. Rooney Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 2023 - ∙ Chair, Science & Software Advisory Board, The Molecular Sciences Software Institute, Blacksburg, VA
2021 - 2023 ∙ Member, Science & Software Advisory Board, The Molecular Sciences Software Institute, Blacksburg, VA
2021 - ∙ Principal Editor, Computer Physics Communications
2018 - ∙ Editorial Board Member, Electronic Structure 2016 - 2021 ∙ Specialist Editor "Condensed Matter Physics", Computer Physics Communications
2016 - 2017 ∙ August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professorship, Technical University of Munich, Germany
2016 ∙ Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review Journals
2002 ∙ Staedtler Foundation Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis
1990 - 1996 ∙ State of Bavaria Scholarship for Outstanding Students |