| CURRENT TITLE: | Professor of Physics |
| AFFILIATION: | Facility for Rare Isotope Beams |
| and Department of Physics and Astronomy, | |
| Michigan State University, | |
| East Lansing, MI 48824-1321, USA |
Education:
DEGREES AWARDED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KOELN, GERMANY
| JANUARY 2002: | Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D. equivalent) |
| Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. P. von Brentano | |
| JULY 1998: | Diploma thesis (experimental nuclear physics) |
| Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. P. von Brentano | |
| JUNE 1995: | Vordiplom, Physics, University of Koeln |
Awards:
| 2023-24: | Research Leadership Award (College of Natural Science, MSU) |
| 2020: | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| 2018: | William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award (Michigan State University) |
| 2017: | NatSci Outstanding Faculty Award (College of Natural Science, MSU) |
| 2015: | Zdzislaw Szymanski Prize |
| 2014: | GENCO Membership Award of the GSI Exotic Nuclei Community |
| 2013: | Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) |
| 2010: | Thomas H. Osgood Excellence in Teaching Award (Department of Physics and Astronomy, MSU) |
| 2008: | Alfred P. Sloan Fellow |
| 2008: | Outstanding Junior Investigator (DOE-SC, Office of Nuclear Physics) |
Positions:
| DECEMBER 2023 - PRESENT: | FRIB Scientific Director |
| NOVEMBER 2020 - NOVEMBER 2023: | FRIB Deputy Scientific Director |
| APRIL 2015 - OCTOBER 2022: | NSCL Chief Scientist |
| JANUARY 2013 - PRESENT: | Professor of Physics |
| MAY 2012 - APRIL 2015: | NSCL/FRIB Deputy Chief Scientist |
| FEBRUARY 2009 - DECEMBER 2012: | Associate Professor of Physics |
| MARCH 2006 - JANUARY 2009: | Assistant Professor of Physics |
| National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory | |
| and Department of Physics and Astronomy | |
| Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | |
| APRIL 2004 - FEBRUARY 2006: | Assistant Professor (NSCL) |
| National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory | |
| Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | |
| APRIL 2002-APRIL 2004: | Postdoctoral work |
| Visiting Assistant Professor | |
| National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory | |
| Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | |
| JULY 1998-JANUARY 2002: | Scientific work, Ph.D. Thesis |
| MARCH 1997-APRIL 2002: | Research and Teaching Assistant, |
| Institute of Nuclear Physics, | |
| University of Koeln, Koeln, Germany |