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

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

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)

1998-present: Member of the Singular research group
04/05-06/2008: Organization of the Special Session D-modules, AMS Sectional Meeting in Bloomington, IN, with U. Walther
06/10-14/2003: Co-organization of the conference MEGA 2003, TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)
10/21-25/2002: Organization of the summer school Differential Modules, TU Kaiserslautern (Germany), with G.-M. Greuel