Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
I am a physicist with a wide range of interests. I enjoy working in interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts as i love to foster the understanding between people of different backgrounds. I feel very lucky to work at PtJ, where i feel always stimulated by a full day of interesting work. I love the work between research and policy and supporting the transition of innovation into application and impact, with partners from both, academia and industry. I feel a great sense of purpose when i know that I can help the world to run more smoothly and more efficiently, while never neglecting the social dimension and other dimensions of human devlopment.
National Contact Point for Horizon Europe Cluster 4 "Digital, Industry and Space"
My main activity was in the area of simulation and modeling of joining processes and here in particular in the fundamental research of arc welding processes. My tasks included: - Development of mathematical-physical models (focus on arc physics, furthermore flow calculation in gases, plasmas and melt pool dynamics, as well as for thermo-mechanical welding simulation) - Acquisition, processing and documentation of publicly funded research projects (DFG, AiF, FFG). In total I authored six successfull DFG proposals, acquiring the total sum of 2.1mio€ in research grants for the institute - Writing and reviewing of technical articles for international scientific journals (like Journal of Physics D, Journal for Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Welding in the World, etc...) - Coordination and communication of internal and external inquiries, as well as research projects with national and international partners (Japan, Ukraine, Austria, Portugal, Belgium). In addition, I was active in the area of teaching at the institute. The work here included: - Conception, organization, realization and evaluation of lectures for students in the field of joining technology and welding simulation - Supervision of student work and management of student employees as well as technical software engineering trainees.
Research Assistant in Computational Seismology High Performance Computing Earthquake Simulation Workflow development for seismic data analysis using Python package Obspy
Validation and Benchmark of EIRENE Monte Carlo neutral transport solver for calculating vacuum gas flows in plasma fusion reactors. Implementation of extended collision Model
Research stay at FZ Jülich (IEK-4) with the Group of Prof. Detlev Reiter Implementation of extended collision Model in EIRENE