Current positions (since 2011)
Full Professor, Institute for Astrophysics, University of Göttingen, Germany
Director, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany
Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
M.Sc. in Astrophysics, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Ingénieur SUPAERO, Ecole nationale superieure de l'aeronautique et de l'espace, France
Honors and Awards
2011 Annual Lecture, Alexander von Humbold Association of Bangalore
2010 Open Lecture, Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech
2009 Karen Harvey Prize of the American Astronomical Society
2007 Starting Grant of the European Research Council
2005 JOSO Prize for Solar Physics
Professional Service
Board Member, PLATO Mission Consortium
Coinvestigator, Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) on Solar Orbiter
Board Member, European Solar Physics Division of the European Physical Society
Board Member, European Helio- and Asteroseismology Network
Organizing Committee Member, IAU Div. II Comm. 12 Solar Radiation and Structure