| University Education | 
| 1995 - 1998 | University of Heidelberg, Physics (Vordiplom 1997) | 
| 1998 - 2002 | State University of New York at Stony Brook, Physics | 
| 1999 | Master of Arts (M.A.) in Physics, SUNY Stony Brook | 
| 2002 | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics, SUNY Stony Brook | 
| Academic Positions | 
| 2002 - 2004 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University | 
| 2004 - 2005 | Assistant Research Scientist, Nuclear Theory Center, Indiana University | 
| 2005 - 2006 | Senior Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Washington | 
| 2006 - 2010 | Research Scientist, TRIUMF, Vancouver | 
| 2007 - 2008 | Deputy Theory Group Leader, TRIUMF, Vancouver | 
| 2009 - 2010 | Theory Group Leader, TRIUMF, Vancouver | 
| 2009 - 2015 | Affiliate Member, Perimeter Institute, Canada | 
| 2007 - | Affiliate Faculty, Department of Physics, University of Washington | 
| 2009 - | Professor (W3), Technische Universität Darmstadt and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI | 
| Awards and Honours | 
| 1995 | Heinrich Fischer Prize | 
| 1998 - 1999 | Fulbright Fellow | 
| 1999 - 2000 | Scholarship of the Germanistic Society of America | 
| 2002 - 2003 | Ohio State University Postdoctoral Fellowship | 
| 2003 | Max Dresden Prize for Outstanding Theoretical Thesis, SUNY Stony Brook | 
| 2009 | NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award | 
| 2010 | ARCHES Prize, BMBF and Minerva Foundation | 
| 2011 | Athene Teaching Award, TU Darmstadt | 
| 2012 | ERC Starting Grant | 
| 2012 | Fellow of the American Physical Society | 
| 2013 | Zdzislaw Szymanski Prize | 
| 2014 | John von Neumann Excellence
Project in Computing, FZ Jülich | 
| 2015 - | Max Planck Fellow at
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg | 
| Selected Professional Activities | 
| 2009 - | Helmholtz Alliance ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI | 
| 2011 - | Editor in Chief, Journal of
Physics G: Nucl. and Part. Phys. (Editorial Board, 2009 -) | 
| 2010 - 2013 | Editorial Board, European Journal of Physics A: Hadrons and Nuclei | 
| 2010 - 2013 | Scientific Board, European Center for Theoretical Studies ECT* | 
| 2011 - 2015 | Project Leader (D1, D3 and MGK), Collaborative Research Center SFB 634, TU Darmstadt | 
| 2011 - | TALENT (Training in Advanced Low Energy Nuclear Theory) Board Member | 
| 2012 - | BMBF FAIR-NUSTAR: NuSTAR.DA Project Leader | 
| 2012 - | Editor, Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics, Physics Reports | 
| 2015 - | International Advisory Committee, JINA - CEE | 
| 2015 - | Canadian Subatomic Physics Long Range Plan Committee, NSERC | 
| 2016 - | Spokesperson and Project Leader (A04, B01 and Z) | 
|  | Collaborative Research Center SFB 1245, TU Darmstadt | 
| 2016 - | National Advisory Committee, INT |