Before arriving in Scotland, I studied Physics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and at ETH Zurich, Switzerland and obtained my PhD from Karlsruhe in April 2010, working at the Institute for Theoretical Physics. I held postdoctoral positions at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany (July 2010 – September 2011), and at the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology at Durham University (October 2011- June 2013).

In July 2013 I joined the Theoretical Particle Physics Group at the University of Glasgow, where I am a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Head of Group.

I was fortunate enough to work with the people at Wide Eyed Editions on the childrens’ book Destination: Space.