Education

07/17/2002
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in mathematics, TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)
06/23/2000
MRI Master Class Certificate, Universiteit Utrecht (The Netherlands)
06/11/1999
Degree (Dipl.-Math.) in mathematics, TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)
10/21/1996
Pre-degree (Vordiplom) in mathematics, TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)
06/08/1994
General qualification for university entrance (Abitur), Helmholtz-Gymnasium Zweibrücken (Germany)

Employment

08/2006-present
Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
05/15-07/14/2008
Visiting Researcher, Université d'Angers (France)
04/2005-08/2006
Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University
04/2004-02/2005
Visiting Researcher, Université d'Angers (France)
04/2002-03/2005
Scientific Assistant, TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)

Awards & Fellowships

07/2008-06/2009
OSU College of Arts & Sciences, FY09 Dean's Incentive Grant
07/2007-06/2008
OSU College of Arts & Sciences, FY08 Dean's Incentive Grant
04/2005-08/2006
Alexander von Humboldt foundation (Germany), Feodor Lynen research fellowship
04/2004-02/2005
ÉGIDE (France), research fellowship
07/2000-03/2002
TU Kaiserslautern (Germany), Ph.D. scholarship
09/1999-06/2000
Mathematical Research Institute (The Netherlands), Master Class scholarship
03/1998-06/1999
German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), scholarship

Conference Presentations

10/23-27/2006
Software for Algebraic Geometry, IMA (Minneapolis)
08/22-26/2005
Theoretical Effectivity and Practical Effectivity of Gröbner Bases, Rikkyo University (Tokyo)
09/23-25/2003
Singularities, MFO (Oberwolfach)
05/15-17/2003
Computeralgebra Tagung, University of Kassel (Germany)
10/21-25/2002
Differential Modules, TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)
08/17-19/2002
ICMS 2002, Beijing
09/04/2001
Singularities, MFO (Oberwolfach)
06/25-07/30/2001
Monodromy in Geometry and Differential Equations, Steklov Institute (Moscow)

Synergistic Activities

1998-present
Member of the Singular research group
04/05-06/2008
Organization of the Special Session D-modules at the AMS Sectional Meeting in Bloomington, IN, with U. Walther
06/10-14/2003
Organization of the conference MEGA 2003
10/21-25/2002
Organizer of the summer school Differential Modules

Committee Work

09/2007-present
OSU Grade Appeals Board
08/2006-present
OSU Math Dept Computer Committee
08/2007-05/2008
OSU Math Dept Web Site Committee