Experience

CSCS

• Switzerland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Deputy Director for Science, Unit Head Research Infrastructure Engineering

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  • Leading a unit of 10 team and project leads, and solution architects that are responsible for engineering and community engagement projects of the center. Ad interim lead of a software engineering unit (21 staff). Hiring, mentoring.• Contribute to strategy, funding (>60MCHF/pa) and governance, with a focus on growing the center as a research infrastructure.• Representing the center towards scientific communities, engaging with scientists.• Leading and managing multiple projects on the Swiss (e.g. the platform for advanced scientific computing (PASC)) and European levels involving tens of partners (up to 1000 person-months funding, PRACE 6IP, WP8)• Member of advisory groups/boards such as RIAG EuroHPC JU, EB MARVEL Show less

• Associate Director, Unit Head Scientific Software and Libraries

  • Nov 2016 - May 2021

  • Building and Leading a team of 30 computer & computational scientists, and software developers to develop scientific software for novel high performance architectures (HPC). Interactions with vendors (NVIDIA, Cray/HPE, Intel)• Acquired funding (multiple MCHF), leading and managing multiple projects on the Swiss and European levels involving tens of partners.• Member of advisory groups such as RIAG EuroHPC JU



ETH Zürich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor for Nanoscale Simulation

  • Nov 2011 - Oct 2016

  • Lead a group of up to 4 Postdocs and 4 PhDs developing new techniques based on HPC in the computer simulation of materials at the quantum level. • ERC grantee (DIAMOND) • Acquired approx. 3M CHF external funding • Won computing grants in excess of 300M core hours on the largest computers worldwide (CSCS, ORNL, HLRS, ...) • Regular teaching, reviewing, and steering board duties • Founding member of the CP2K foundation • Lead a group of up to 4 Postdocs and 4 PhDs developing new techniques based on HPC in the computer simulation of materials at the quantum level. • ERC grantee (DIAMOND) • Acquired approx. 3M CHF external funding • Won computing grants in excess of 300M core hours on the largest computers worldwide (CSCS, ORNL, HLRS, ...) • Regular teaching, reviewing, and steering board duties • Founding member of the CP2K foundation



University of Zurich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Researcher

  • Nov 2005 - Oct 2011

  • Leading developer of a large molecular simulation package (CP2K) establishing its quality, robustness, and usefulness, building an international community. • Studied next generation solar cells and ultra-fast spectroscopy • Supervised 4 PhD students • Won a highly competitive EU ERC grant • Speaker at international meetings (> 100 talks) • Published extensively in top journals • Leading developer of a large molecular simulation package (CP2K) establishing its quality, robustness, and usefulness, building an international community. • Studied next generation solar cells and ultra-fast spectroscopy • Supervised 4 PhD students • Won a highly competitive EU ERC grant • Speaker at international meetings (> 100 talks) • Published extensively in top journals



University of Cambridge

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Jan 2003 - Oct 2005

  Applied and refined computational methods for the study of electrochemical reactions. Applied and refined computational methods for the study of electrochemical reactions.



University of Zurich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jan 2002 - Nov 2002

  Developed novel algorithms for highly efficient first principles simulations, starting CP2K development. Developed novel algorithms for highly efficient first principles simulations, starting CP2K development.