09/90 - 07/96 studies in Electrical Engineering - Technical University Dresden
12/03 PhD in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.) from FSU Jena
07/08 appointment as permanent Professor (W2) for Applied Physics at FSU Jena
07/24 appointment as permanent Professor (W3) for Applied Physics at FSU Jena
06/05 appointment as Juniorprofessor for Applied Physics at FSU Jena
08/93 - 05/94 studies in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York, USA
Memberships
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V. (DPG)
OPTICA, the former Optical Society of America (OSA)
Friends and Patrons of the University Jena
Current contributions to science organizations
spokesperson of the steering group of the profile are LIGHT of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (since 12/2023)
member of the advisory board of London Institute for Advanced Light Technologies (since 2022)
associate Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, TMOS, in Australia (since 2020)
scientific mentor of the spin off company Xsight Optics GmbH (since 2020)
member of the Undergrad Committee of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (since 2019)
member of the steering group "Curriculum, Education & Research" of the Max Planck School of Photonics (since 2018)
associate Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse (since 2018)
advisor of the OPTICA Student Chapter Jena, formerly Optical Society of America (since 2018)
member of the board of directors of the Thuringian Innovation Center for Quantum Optics and Sensing (since 2017)
founder and head of the photonics maker space "Lichtwerkstatt (since 2017)
executive head of the research infrastructure Abbe Center of Photonics
member of the board of trustees of the Center for Excellence in Photonics (Leistungszentrum Photonik) of the Fraunhofer Society (since 2016)
spokesperson and member of executive board of Abbe School of Photonics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (since 2014, founding member)
director of Abbe Center of Photonics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (since 2010, founding member)
spokesman of the national research initiative "Photonic Nanomaterials - PhoNa" (since 12/2009)
study program director for "Master of Science in Photonics" at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena – also responsible for accreditation (since 2008)
Büro des Vizepräsidenten für Forschung und Innovation