Curriculum Vitae:

 
Research Experience:

since May 2010:

        Post-doctoral researcher with Ulrich Pöschl at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany 

November 2009 – April 2010:

        Continuation of PhD studies at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany         

September 2008 – October 2009: 

        Maternity leave

November 2005 – August 2008:

PhD student with Ulrich Pöschl at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany

• Experimental characterization of cloud condensation nuclei and their activation in polluted and unpolluted continental air

 May – October 2005:

Research assistant with Markku Kulmala at the University of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences, Division of Atmospheric Sciences

• Analysis of hygroscopicity measurements of a field campaign in the Finnish boreal forest

 May 2002 – April 2005:

Student assistant with Alfred Wiedensohler at the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research in Leipzig, Germany

• Experimental characterization of non-volatile compounds in different aerosols (troposphere, Diesel exhaust)

Education:

September 2010:

       PhD degree from Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

• Thesis title: Measurement and modeling of cloud condensation nuclei in continental air         

October 1999 – February 2005:

        Diploma student of Meteorology at the University Leipzig, Germany

• Thesis title (German): Variabilität von nicht-volatilen Bestandteilen im atmosphärischen Aerosol: Eine Analyse für verschieden belastete Standorte und die Bestimmung von Emmisionsfaktoren