2016

Fulbright-Cottrell Award

2015

“University Teaching Prize” of the University of Tübingen

2012

Habilitation at the University of Tübingen on the topic: “Ränder und Oberflächen in der Quantenoptik –Nanophotonik mit kalten Atomen”

2012

Admission to the “Eliteprogramm für Postdocs” of the “Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg”

2011

Appointment to a „Juniordozent“ (W1) at the University of Tübingen

2011

Coordinator of an international network on light scattering in cold atomic gases,FP7-IRSES-2010 COSCALI/268717

2008

“Promotionspreis” of the University of Tübingen

2007

graduation Dr. rer. nat. with grade „summa cum laude“

Mai 2003 -Mai 2007

PhD in the quantum optics group of Prof. Dr. Claus Zimmermann, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Tübingen

2003

graduation to Dipl. Phys. ETH

2002 / 2003

diploma thesis in the quantum optics group of von Prof. Dr. Tilman Esslinger, ETH Zurich: “Generation of a frequency comb with an electro-optic modulator inside an optical cavity”

1998 -2003

Study of physics at „Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH) Zurich”, Switzerland

1997-1998

Military service at the mountain infantry of the German Bundeswehr

1997

Abitur at Gymnasium Leopoldinum Passau with grade 1,2

The many-body cavity QED group studies the collective interaction of ultracold atoms with ligh fields in optical cavities in the regime of strong light-matter coupling.

We realize the CQED regime of strong coupling of ultracold Rydberg atoms with the light fields inside an optical high-finesse cavity. We aim to investigate how light scattering in the cavity is influenced by the coupling to a high-lying Rydberg level, in particular, when Rydberg long-range interactions compete with cavity-mediated global interactions.