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Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP)

Steering Group

Address

Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 291058 Erlangen

Room: 02.032, Floor: 02

Contact

Administration

As General and Technical Manager of ECAP, my responsibilities are in organizing the research activities of the institute, both on the administrative and technical side.

I am currently also the representative for the non-faculty researchers in the department of physics.

Research

My research focuses on the area of neutrino astronomy, trying to understand the sources of Cosmic Rays and the highest-energetic processes in the universe. This is performed as member of the KM3NeT and ANTARES collaborations; both neutrino detectors in the Mediterranean deep sea.

Within the KM3NeT collaboration, I was coordinating the computing and software working group and – in  this function – member of the project’s steering committee from 2013 to 2023. During his term as chair of the KM3NeT Institute board, I substitute Uli Katz representing ECAP in the board (2020-2024). In addition, I am general manager of ECAP and the technical manager of the Physics Institute at the Friedrich-Alexander University.

My second main interest is in open science and more specifically in open research software, where I am part of several projects (e.g. ESCAPE and EVERSE) and work in several initiatives (e.g. EOSC Groups and SciCodes).

Curriculum Vitae

Awards and Grants:

  • 2006-2008 grant for PhD thesis from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
  • 2005 Ohm-award of the  Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nünberg und Helmholtz-Young-Scientist award in astro particle physics for the best diploma thesis of this year
  • 1998 medal of honour (Ehrenmedaille) of the german army (Bundeswehr)

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