Education
- 1995-2000
- Princeton University
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program (M.Sc. 1997, Ph.D. 2001) - 1994-1995
- University of Washington, Seattle
Visiting Graduate Student (Physics) - 1991-1994
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Studies of Mathematics and Physics (Vordiplom 1993)
Academic Employment
- 2002-present
- California Institute of Technology,
Environmental Science and Engineering
Director, Linde Center for Global Environmental Science (2011-)
Executive Officer for Environmental Science and Engineering (2011-)
Frank J. Gilloon Professor (2010-)
Professor (2009-2010)
Associate Professor (2008-2009)
Assistant Professor (2002-2008) - 2000-2002
- New York University,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Associate Research Scientist
Selected Awards and Fellowships
- 2010
- Houghton Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 2008
- Discover Magazine “Top 20 Scientists under 40”
- 2005-2010
- David and Lucile Packard Fellow
- 2004-2006
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
- 2004
- James R. Holton Junior Scientist Award, American Geophysical Union
- 1998-2000
- NASA Earth System Science Fellow
- 1994-1998
- Fellow of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
(German National Scholarship Foundation)