Current occupation
- since 08/2013
IMPRS coordinator of the Solar System School
= Wissenschaftlicher Dienst
International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science
at the University of Göttingen (Solar System School)
Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Sami K. Solanki
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, MPG, Göttingen
Positions held
- 04/2011 - 09/2012
Interim professor
= Auftrag zur Vertretung eines Professors
Temporary appointment as a substitute for Prof. Dr. Stefan Dreizler
Institute for Astrophysics Göttingen, Georg-August-University of Göttingen - 10/2009 - 03/2010
Visiting professor
= TEA Gastprofessorin
TEAching Equality program
Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen - 07/2003 - 07/2013
Research scientist
= Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Stellar astrophysics group of Prof. Dr. Stefan Dreizler
Institute for Astrophysics Göttingen, Georg-August-University of Göttingen - 07/2000 - 06/2003
DFG research fellow
= Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Doktorandin
PhD student in the stellar atmospheres group of Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Academic degrees
- 02/2005
PhD degree in astrophysics
= Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.)
Adviser Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen - 06/2000
University diploma in physics
= Diplomprüfung (Dipl.-Phys.)
Superviser Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Awards
- 2010
Dorothea-Schlözer Career Development Qualification Programme
Georg-August-University of Göttingen - 2009
Ludwig-Biermann-Award
= Ludwig Biermann-Förderpreis
Astronomische Gesellschaft - 1994
French language and intercultural understanding
Recognition by the town of Hechingen - 1993
Future Astronomers of Europe
First prize for Germany in the European Southern Observatory's essay contest
Administrative and community service
- since 2006
Peer review
Referee for papers submitted to scientific journals ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, CoAst, Ap&SS
Referee for grant proposals to DFG (Germany), NSF (U.S.A.), GACR (Czech Republic) - currently
Administrative functions
Counselor to the Executive Committee of the German Astronomical Society
(AG, 2014-2020)
Member of the German SOFIA Educational Working Group (GSEWG, 2015-)
Member of the Extended Consortium Committee and the Quality Evaluation Committee
of E+ Erasmus mundus joint master degree programme Astromundus (2015-)
- previously
Administrative functions
Staff member and Board member of the DFG research traing group GRK 1351 (2007-2015)
Equal opportunities commissioner or Staff representative at the Institute of Astrophysics'
Board and in Selection Committees at various times
- since 2000
Conference organisation
LOC co-chair of "Meeting of the German Astronomical Society (AG)" in Göttingen 2017
SOC member of "Planetary Systems beyond the Main Sequence II" in Haifa 2017
SOC member of "Meeting of the German Astronomical Society (AG)" in Bamberg 2014
SOC member of "Planetary Systems beyond the Main Sequence" in Bamberg 2010
Meeting organiser "AstroFrauenNetzwerk" during AG conferences 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014,
2012, 2010, 2009
Symposium convener at the AG conference in Bamberg 2014
Symposium convener at the joint AG/JENAM conference in Vienna 2008
Session chair at various conferences
Memberships
- since 2013
EGU
European Geosciences Union - since 2010
DHV
Deutscher Hochschulverband - since 2006
IAU
International Astronomical Union - since 2006
AG
Astronomische Gesellschaft - since 2006
DPG
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
Mentoring and outreach
- 2011 - 2013
Cybermentor
Cybermentor is an on-line mentoring program for girls interested in
mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and engineering - 1999 - 2013
"Schülerinnentage" and Girls' Days
Girls' Day at Georg-August-Universität Institut für Astrophysik - 08/2010
"Talent im Land"
All-day astrophysics course during an eight-day summer camp
for stipend holders in the "Talent im Land" program - 10/1998 - 06/2003
Lecturer in physics
= Dozentin für Physik am Leibniz-Kolleg
Part-time involvement in the Leibniz-Kolleg Tübingen
affiliated with Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen