Curriculum Vitae
2023: The William E. and Elva F. Gordon Distinguished Lectureship at Cornell University
2015 – present: Scientific Director, Radboud Radio Lab, Radboud University, Nijmegen
2011: Department Head (temporary), Astrophysics Department, Radboud University, Nijmegen
2007 – present: Full Professor of Astroparticle Physics and Radio Astronomy, Radboud University, Nijmegen
2003 – 2007: Extra-ordinary Professor in High-Energy Astrophysics at the Radboud University Nijmegen and senior scientist LOFAR, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
2003: Temporary professorship (C3-Lehrstuhlvertretung, Prof. A. Eckart), I. Physikalischen Institut der Universität zu Köln
2000-2003: Staff scientist, MPIfR, Bonn (VLBI group)
1999: Visiting professor, Dept. of Astronomy & Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
1997-1999: DFG Stipendiary (Habilitationsstipendium), RFW-Universität Bonn & MPIfR Bonn
1997: PostDoc, MPIfR Bonn, director Dr. A. Zensus (VLBI group)
1995-1997: Research Associate at the University of Maryland at College Park & visiting scientist STScI Baltimore
1994-1995: Postdoctoral Max-Planck Stipendiary in the Optical Interferometry group of the MPIfR Bonn, director Prof. G. Weigelt
1992-1993: Research assistant, RFW-Universität Bonn
1987-1988: Computer docent at DEC/DIGITAL Corp. (part-time)
1987: Student worker, University clinics Cologne, “Simulation of cell kinetics”
Honors
2023: Balzan Prize by the International Balzan Prize Foundation
2023: Herschel Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society
2021: Henry Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences
2021: Amaldi Medal (European Prize for Gravitation) by the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation
2021: R.M. Petrie Prize Lecture by the Canadian Astronomical Society
2020: Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society (as member of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration)
2020: Einstein Medal of the Albert Einstein Gesellschaft (Bern, ceremony postponed to 2021)
2020: Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics by the Breakthrough Foundation and the Bruno Rossi Prize 2020 of the American Astronomical Society (as member of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration)
2019: 19th Hintze lecturer, University Oxford
2019: Academy lecture & medal, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Heidelberg
2016: Knight in the order of the Netherlands Lion
2015: Hermesdorfprijs Internationaal, Radboud University Nijmegen
2014: Appointed member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
2013: European Research Council Synergy grant (14 M€, together with MPIfR Bonn & University of Frankfurt), Managing PI
2013: Appointed member of the Academia Europaea
2011: NWO Spinoza Award, highest NL science award (2.5 M€)
2009: Helmholtz lecturer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2008: European Research Council Advanced Investigator Grant (3.5M€)
2006: Visiting Miller Professorship Award, University of California, Berkeley
2006: „Akademiepreis“ (Academy Award), the highest honor of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (former „Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften“), (20,000.- €)
2000: Ludwig-Biermann-prize for an outstanding young scientist, Astronomische Gesellschaft (AG), (5,000.- DM)
1997: DFG Habilitation stipend