C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Native of Austria
Current Position
Associate Astronomer, University of Hawaii at ManoaEducation
1995-1998 University of Chicago – Physics, M.S. & Ph.D. (Advisor: Leo Kadanoff)1990-1994 University of Vienna = Universität Wien – Physics, Mag. rer. nat.
University of California at Berkeley (as exchange student)
Employment History
since 2004 University of Hawaii at Manoa2002-2004 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
2000-2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
1998-1999 Chinese University of Hong Kong
Selected Awards and Honors
Recipient of numerous grants from NASAPostdoctoral Fellowships (two)
Dean's List at UC Berkeley
Study Abroad Scholarship
Honorable Mention, International Physics Olympiad
Fényes Imre Award
Silver Medal, Austrian Physics Olympiad (twice)
Reviewer for Journals
Advances in Space ResearchChaos
Deep Sea Research I
Geology
Geomorphology
Geophysical Research Letters
Icarus
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface
Methods and Applications of Analysis
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Physical Review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
Physical Review Letters
Science
and others
Reviewer for Grant-giving Programs
NASA Earth and Space Science FellowshipsNASA Mars Data Analysis
NASA Mars Fundamental Research
NASA Outer Planets Research
NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics
NASA Postdoctoral Program
NSF Physical Oceanography
NSF Antarctic Geology and Geophysics
and others