About Me

Introduction

Ever since I was a child, I was fascinated by nature and the wonders of the world surrounding me. What excited me most was the vastness of space, our solar system, the stars and the whole universe. My curiosity was driving me to become a permanent resident of the local observatory and buying me a telescope from my first money I collected at the age of 14. But besides my fascination for astronomy, I was magically attracted by maps. Be it historical maps or the automobile club's road map of Europe. Placing me in front of an atlas would always be a save opportunity for my parents to collect some free time for themselves having me hypnotized for hours.

I just realized retrospectively, that my interests at the age of thirteen, would define the driving forces in school time, university studies, and following scientific topics throughout my life. To break it down to the smallest denominator: It was all about MAPS & PHYSICS.

My academic career

When I first encountered a special microscopy technique during my Lab Practical Training during my physics studies, it really puzzled me. This technique is called Kerr-Microscopy. I completely fell in love with this technique, since it allows for actually visualizing the microscopic directions of the magnetization within tiny structures. It simply fascinated me, that such a relatively simple technique like light microscopy combined with the magical property called 'light polarization' provides full access to the most relevant nanomagnetic properties and allows to map beautiful images of the micromagnetic orientation variations.

It works the following way: The local magnetic orientation is a vectoral property carried by the free electrons and its property 'the electron spin'. As electrons can be manipulated through electro-magnetic fields, the interaction with an incident light particle (photon) triggers an electron oscillation in the same way or orientation, as the polarization of the light. With a local magnetic field present through the local governing spin orientation inside the material, the polarization of light passing through the material is continuously rotated. This rotation of the lights polarization axis is in-turn proportional to the strength of the local magnetic field and can be measured with relatively simply means.

Skills

IT skills

Programming
- Enthusiastic about programming since school
- Expert knowledge in array calculus and image analysis
- Matlab:
- Python:
- Flutter:
- .NET:
Administration
- Development of a company network
- Data management in Linux
Office Palette
- Confident handling of all Office products
  (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, etc.)

Experiences

Webinars

Resume

VACUTEC GmbH

Physicist for Detector Development

06/2024 - 06/2025

Radiation protection officer (SSB)
Research and development of radiation detectors
Product manager for Geiger-Müller counting tubes and ionisation chambers for medical applications
Apprenticeship at the Berufsakademie Riesa

VKTA

Strahlenschutz, Analytik & Entsorgung e.V.

Inspector in Radiation Protection

06/2023 - 02/2024

Supervision of radiation protection in buildings and facilities at the Rossendorf research site
Participation in research projects and international studies on nuclear safety
Release and disposal of substances from radiation protection areas
Apprenticeship at the Berufsakademie Riesa

DEEPXSCAN GmbH

Product Manager for CT Devices

10/2021 - 05/2023

Development of X-ray CT devices for use in the fields of materials research, defect analysis and battery research
Calculation of beam paths and photon efficiencies of X-ray optics
Responsible for the realisation of the first customer order
Coordination of publicly funded projects with partners from industry and research

PSI

Paul Scherrer Institute

Postdoc at the Swiss Light Source

10/2017 - 09/2021

Postdoctoral fellowship for the development and construction of a novel X-ray microscope based on the concept of ptychography
Organisation and implementation of measuring times at the synchrotron
Research on magnetic nanoparticles and nanostructures
Development of novel optics and improved detectors with expert groups at PSI
Supervision of Master's students

HZDR

Helmoltz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.

Postdoc - Magnonics & Spintronics

06/2017 - 07/2017

Publication of own research results in scientific journals
Realisation of measuring times at the synchrotron

Promotion - Magnonics & Spintronics

09/2012 - 05/2017

Topic: 'Spin waves - The transition from extended thin films to full magnonic crystals' (magna cum laude)
Acquisition of diverse measurement methods for the characterisation of magneto-dynamic processes
Close collaboration with theorists (USM Valparíso, Chile) resulting in four joint publications
Involvement in the 'Kerr microscopy' experiment set-up in the HZDR school laboratory

TU Dresden

Technische Universität

Physics Studies

10/2004 - 03/2012

Diploma thesis at the HZDR, Magnetism Group
Title: "Synthetic antiferromagnets: Production and characterisation of magnetic metamaterials"
(degree: 1.3)
Diploma degree: 1.6

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