Education
June 2000: Doctor of Philosophy at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen in Germany (with distinction), supervisor: Professor Hans A. Kastrup
July 1998 - August 2000: Fellow of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)-Graduate College "Strong and electroweak interactions at high energies"
June 1998: Diploma, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (with distinction), supervisor: Professor Doctor Hans A. Kastrup
April 1995 - June 1998: Fellow of the German Merit Foundation
October 1993 - June 2000: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen.
Career
Prior to joining Penn State he spent several years at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany. He works on loop quantum gravity and physical cosmology and is credited with establishing the sub-field of loop quantum cosmology. Presently: Professor of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos January 2006 - June 2009: Assistant Professor of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos September 2003 - December 2005: Junior Staff Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut September 2000 - August 2003: Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, The Pennsylvania State University Doctor Prizes and
