About Me

  • 12/2023 - now
         Support Astronomer Subaru Telescope, Hawai'i (USA)
  • 06/2022 - 11/2023
         Postdoctoral Researcher (Scientific Staff) Institute of Astrophysics, Tenerife (Spain)
  • 10/2021 - 05/2022
         Postdoctoral Researcher (Scientific Staff) Observatory Hamburg (Germany)
  • 11/2019 - 08/2021
         Postdoctoral Researcher (Faculty/Scientific Staff) University of Oklahoma (USA)
  • 10/2017 – 10/2019
         Postdoctoral Researcher (Scientific Staff) Observatory Hamburg (Germany)
  • 10/2013 – 06/2017
         Scientific Staff University Göttingen (Germany)
  • 10/2013 – 04/2017
         PhD studies in Astrophysics, University Göttingen (Germany)
         Graduation with magna cum laude on April 27th 2017
         Topic: 'Spectral characterization of star-planet systems'
  • 10/2012 – 08/2013
         Scientific Staff (Student Assistent) University Vienna (Austria)
  • 03/2011 – 06/2011
         Tutor (Student Assistent) in 'Introduction in Astronomy 2' , University Vienna (Austria)
  • 10/2010 – 06/2013
         Master studies in Astronomy, University Vienna, Austria
         Graduation Msc. with distinction on June 25th 2013
         Topic: 'The probability of finding planets with BRITE-Constellation'
  • 03/2009 – 02/2013
         Bachelor studies in Physics in University Vienna, Austria
  • 10/2007 – 08/2010
         Bachelor studies in Astronomy in University Vienna, Austria
         Graduation Bakk.rer.nat. on Aug. 25 th 2010
  • 06/2007
         Matura (equivalent to high school diploma) in Graz, Austria
         Graduation with distinction on June 13th 2007

 

 

Scientific Experience:

  • Planet detection and characterisation via radial-velocity and transit measurements
  • Low- and high-resolution spectroscopy of low-mass stars (observation and analysis, visible and near-infrared)
  • Machine Learning / Deep Learning for astrophysical applications
  • Model creation and fitting for low-temperature stellar atmospheres
  • Narrow- and broad-band photometry (observation and analysis)

Computational Skills

  • Operating systems: Linux, Windows
  • Main programming languages: IDL, Fortran90
  • Basics in programming languages: C, PHP, HTML, Java, python, MySQL
  • Applications: MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Gnuplot, LaTeX, and many more

Languages

  • German (native language)
  • English (excellent)
  • Spanish (basic)
  • Ancient Greek and Latin (secondary school level)