Curriculum Vitae

Education

Doctorate of Meteorology
(equivalent to Ph.D.)
University of Karlsruhe, Germany2002
Diploma of Meteorology
(equivalent to B.Sc. and M.S.)
University of Karlsruhe, Germany1997

Employment

ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
2019-present
Associate ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
2014-2019
Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
2008–2014
Assistant ProfessorStony Brook University
Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres
Marine Sciences Research Center
2005–2007
Postdoctoral ScholarStanford University and NASA Ames
Center for Turbulence Research
2004–2005
Postdoctoral ScholarUniversity of California, Davis
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
2003–2004
Research ScientistForschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research
2002
German National Academic Foundation ScholarCalifornia Institute of Technology
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Advisor: J. H. Seinfeld
1997–1998

Awards

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching 2022
AGU Ascent Award 2021
Center of Advanced Study Associate 2020/2021
NCSA Faculty Fellow 2017
Distinguished Promotion Award 2014
I. C. Gunsalus Scholar 2014/2015
NSF-CAREER Award 2013
Erdös number of 3, 2005
Member of the German National Academic Foundation

Service

Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 2022-present
DOE ASR Aerosol Processes Working Group Chair
AAAR 2017 Conference Chair
Councilor of the American Meteorological Society, 2016-2019
Editor, Aerosol Science and Technology, 2014-present
Editorial Board member, Atmosphere, 2012-2021
Editorial Board member, Atmospheric and Climate Science, 2011-2014
Editor, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geosciences Union, 2009-2014