Curriculum Vitae

1996 - 2002:
Academic study Materials Science
Montanuniversitaet Leoben

2003 - 2006:
Department of Biomaterials
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

2006 - 2010:
Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing
Montanuniversitaet Leoben

2010 - today:
Institute of Mechanics
Montanuniversitaet Leoben

Diploma thesis (2002)

Quantitative analysis of the precipitation behavior in the nickel-base alloy Nimonic 80a with small-angle scattering of X-rays and neutrons

Austrian Academy of SciencesErich Schmid Institute of Materials Science and Institute of Metal Physics, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria

http://www.esi.oeaw.ac.at

PhD thesis (2003-2006)

Structure and mechanical properties of carbon- and silica-based nanomaterials

Department of Biomaterials
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Potsdam, Germany

http://www.mpikg.mpg.de

Scientific interests

Structure and mechanical properties of biological materials
Behavior of liquids in confined geometries
Microstructural characterization by high-resolution techniques