Curriculum Vitae

Expertise and Research Interest

B.Sc. in Chemistry, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 2009, on “Catalytic Oxidation of Ammonia over RuO₂ nanotubes”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Herbert Over
M.Sc. in Chemistry, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 2011, on “Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations for the Deacon Process over RuO₂(110)”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Herbert Over
Dr. rer. nat., Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 2015, on “DFT-based Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of oxidation reactions over the RuO₂(110) model catalyst surface”, (Read @Publication Server of the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen), supervised by Prof. Dr. Herbert Over

May 2020 –
- Junior professor (W1) in the area of chemical catalysis at the department of Technical Chemistry at TU Berlin
June 2019 - April 2020
- Young research group leader at Institute for Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen, mentored by Apl. Prof. Roger A. De Souza
July 2017 - May 2019
- Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advised by Prof. Dr. Bilge Yildiz
- Research Fellowship funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HE 7782/1-1)
- Atomic-scale modeling of the surface chemistry of cathode materials in solid oxide fuel cells.
Dec. 2015 - June 2017
- Postdoctoral Associate at Institute for Physical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, advised by Prof. Dr. Herbert Over
- Theoretical rationalization of the catalyst degradation in the industrial Deacon Process over cerium dioxide and prediction of possible mitigation strategies proven successful on the bench-top scale.
Oct. 2011 - Dec. 2015
- Research and Teaching Assistant at Institute for Physical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, advised by Prof. Dr. Herbert Over
- Developed DFT-based Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations with detailed lateral interaction model employing a cluster expansion to resolve the reaction mechanism of the Deacon Process over the RuO₂(110) surface.

Liebig Fellowship funded by Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, starting from June 2019, at RWTH Aachen
Research Fellowship funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HE 7782/1-1), July 2017 - May 2019 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Student Fellowship funded by Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2014
Best Poster Award, Symposium for Theoretical Chemistry, Karlsruhe, 2012
Undergraduate Student Fellowship funded by City of Giessen, Oct. 2009 - Sept. 2011