C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Native of Krispl-Gaißau, Austria
Current Position
Associate Astronomer, University of Hawaii at ManoaEducation
University of Chicago – Physics, M.S. & Ph.D. (Advisor: Leo Kadanoff)University of Vienna = Universität Wien – Physics, Mag. rer. nat.
University of California at Berkeley
Employment
University of HawaiiCalifornia Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Selected Awards and Honors
Recipient of numerous grants from NASA and NSFPostdoctoral Fellowships (two)
Study Abroad Scholarship; Dean's List at UC Berkeley
Silver Medal, Austrian Physics Olympiad (twice); Honorable Mention, International Physics Olympiad; Fényes Imre Award
Reviewer for Journals
Advances in Space ResearchChaos
Geology
Geophysical Research Letters
Icarus
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface
Methods and Applications of Analysis
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Physical Review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
Physical Review Letters
Science
Reviewer for Grant-giving Programs
NASA Mars Data AnalysisNASA Mars Fundamental Research
NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics
NSF Physical Oceanography
NSF Antarctic Geology and Geophysics