Research interests

star clusters and star cluster systems, chemical evolution and enrichment histories of galaxies, galaxy formation and evolution, stellar populations and population synthesis models, stellar abundances, hierarchical structure formation and mass assembly of galaxies.

Education

2003    PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich

1999    Diploma in Physics and Astronomy, Rheinische-Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn

Professional Experience

since 2010     Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics

                             Institute of Astrophysics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

2006 – 2010  Plaskett Fellowship

                              Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

2003 – 2006   European Space Agency Fellowship

                             Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA

2000 – 2003   German Science Foundation Fellowship

                              Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

2000               European Southern Observatory Junior Research Fellowship

                                         European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

1994 – 2000   Junior Research Assistant

                              Astronomical Institute Bonn, Germany