Diploma in Physics 1998 (Technical University Vienna, Austria)
1998-2003 Technical University Vienna, Austria (field: Radiation Protection, Dosimetry)
International Space University , Summer School, 2000
PhD-Thesis in Radiation Protection, Dosimetry 2003
Since 2003 at DLR

Professional experience:

Principal Investigator:

Project “LET calibration of TL response and efficiency of selected TL materials for radiation dosimetry in heavy ion fields” NIRS, Chiba, Japan ( 2002 –)

Project Manager:

Projekt “RBO-2” – BRADOS – Dosimetric Mapping on the ISS (2001 – 2002)
Project “LETVAR and RADO” on Biopan – 5  (2001- 2005)
Projekt “ICCHIBAN – Intercomparison of dosimetric instruments for cosmic radiation with Heavy Ions Beams at NIRS” (2002 - )

Co-investigator:

Projekt “Phantom” on Space Station MIR (1998 – 2000)
Project “RADIS – MATROSHKA” – dose distribution in a human phantom onboard the ISS (2004 –)
Project “Gene activation of heavy ion treated Bacillus subtilis 168 (DSM 402) endospores during germination involved DNA-repair”, NIRS, Chiba, Japan (2005 –)

Research Activities:

Dosimetry of the radiation field in space and in aircraft altitudes. Development of radiation detectors. Ground based accelerator experiments for detector characterization.