2022- W3 (Associate, tenured) Professor for Computational Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
2016-2022W2 (Assistant, tenure-track) Professor for Computational Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
2016-2022Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany
2014-2016 Burroughs-Wellcome and Swartz Foundation postdoctoral fellow with Eve Marder at Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
2011-2014 Postdoctoral fellow with Haim Sompolinsky and Markus Meister at Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
2013 Independent Grass Foundation Investigator at Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, US
2011 PhD with Stephen Eglen at Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2009-2011 Visiting research scholar with Adrienne Fairhall at Physiology and Biophysics Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
2007 Master in Advanced Study (Part III of the Mathematical Tripos) at Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2006 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, USA
Awards and Grants:
2022 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, DFG
2021 Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize, Hertie Foundation and FENS
2021 FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence Scholar
2021 Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) Grant
2020 DFG Grant, Collaborative Research Center 1080 Mechanisms of Neural Homeostasis
2020 H2020-MSCA Innovative Training Networks (ITN) 2019 SmartNets
2020 H2020-MSCA Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) 2019 iNavigate
2020 Grant of the Alfred Dolwett Foundation
2019 ERC Starting Grant 2018 NeuroDevo
2018 Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Research Prize in Computational Biology
2017 Finalist (top 10) academics.de prize
2017 NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
2015 Burroughs-Wellcome Career Award at the Scientific Interface
2014 Swartz Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2013 Grass Foundation Independent Investigator Fellowship
2007-2010 University of Cambridge Overseas Research Fellowship
2007-2010 Trinity College Research Scholar
2009 Rouse-Ball/Eddington Research Fund Award for research at University of Washington
2005, 2006 Mathematical Contest in Modeling: Meritorious Distinction
2003-2006 Dean’s List Distinction and Mathematics Degree with High Distinction, Harvey Mudd College
