EDUCATION
Oct 2011: Ph.D., Ludwig-Maximilian University and Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany
POSITIONS
Jul 2025 - Present: Associate Professor, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA
Oct 2023 - Jun 2025: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA
Oct 2018 - Sep 2023: Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA
Dec 2017 - Aug 2018: Research Associate Scientist, KIPAC, Dept. of Physics, Stanford University, USA
Dec 2012 - Nov 2017: Postdoctoral Researcher, KIPAC, Dept. of Physics, Stanford University, USA
Nov 2011 - Nov 2012: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany
AWARDS
Feb 2023: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, Sloan Foundation, USA
Oct 2018: Clare Boothe Luce Award, Henry Luce Foundation, USA
Jan 2018: The Silicon Valley Insight Data Science Fellowship, Insight Data Science, USA
Jun 2013: Otto Hahn Medal, Max Planck Society, Germany
SELECTED SPACE MISSION LEADERSHIP
2025 - Present: Member, executive team, ExCEED X-ray mission concept
2025 - Present: Member, NASA/XRISM supporting group
2022 - 2025: Science co-lead (one of three; led the cluster outskirts science goal) and management team member, Line Emission Mapper (LEM) Probe mission concept
2018 - 2026: Chair, Diffuse Extragalactic Science Team, XRISM collaboration
2018 - 2026: NASA Participating Scientist, XRISM (one of five U.S. scientists selected)
Since 2019: Reviewer, multiple NASA peer reviews and mission proposals
TEACHING
Graduate Research Seminar ASTR 499: Feedback Processes in Galaxies (fall 2019), Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (fall 2023)
Galaxies ASTR 304 (spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, fall 2022, spring 2023)
Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics ASTR 331 (fall 2024)
High-Energy Astrophysics ASTR 311 (winter 2026, winter 2027)
Physics of Galaxies ASTR 239 (winter 2021, winter 2022, spring 2024, spring 2025, spring 2026)
