EDUCATION

1991 Ph.D., (Dr. sc. nat. ETH), Theoretical Physics, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland
1986 Diploma (M. Sc.), Physics, Mathematics, Earth Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland
1981 Matura Type B (Classics with Latin), Gymnasium Oberwil, Baselland, Switzerland

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

04/2022 - 12/2022 Research Associate at University of Bern, Switzerland
09/2021 - 03/2022 Visiting Scientist, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
03/2020 - 08/2021 Research Associate at University of Bern, Switzerland
08/2018 - 02/2020 Guest Professor & Visiting Scientist at ETH Zürich (Theoretical Physics & Material Science) , Switzerland
06/2016 - 03/2019 Professor in Theoretical Physics, UCD
06/2016 - 08/2018 Director of Research, School of Physics, UCD
01/2014 - 12/2014 IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer
09/2007 - 05/2016 Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics, UCD
09/2006 - 09/2008 Director, Theoretical Physics Programme, UCD
09/2004 - 09/2007 Lecturer in Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland
04/2003 - 09/2004 Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland
09/2002 - 03/2003 Visiting Scientist, Institut Laue-Langevin Grenoble, France & TUM Munich, Germany
05/2001 - 06/2001 Visiting Scientist, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences, NYU, New York, USA
09/1996 - 12/1996 Visiting Scientist and Invited Participant in the 1st Workshop on     
“Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence”, ITP, UC Santa Barbara
07/1996 - 08/2002 Senior Research Scientist, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
03/1994 - 06/1996 NSERC-International Fellow (National Science and Engineering
Research Council of Canada), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
03/1993 - 12/1993 Research Scientist at the Center for Magnetic Recording Research UCSD
01/1992 - 02/1994 Research Scientist at the Department of Physics, UC San Diego (UCSD), USA
07/1987 - 12/1991 Research Assistant in Theoretical Physics at ETH-Zürich (Switzerland)