Experience

TOFWERK

• Switzerland
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• QC Specialist

  • Sep 2022 - Present



Ghana Briquette Program/HIBO Group AG

• Project Scientist

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Development of a technical proposal and the mitigation activity study for a biomass briquette program in Ghana. Development of a technical proposal and the mitigation activity study for a biomass briquette program in Ghana.



University of Bern

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Nov 2015 - Mar 2021

  Development of a novel vacuum-extraction system for air trapped in ice cores, based on laser induced sublimation: Designing, building up and automating the system using LabVIEW. Implementing measurement strategies with laser spectroscopy. Data management and evaluation. Coordinating of and with different scientific and technical personnel. Laboratory management, including safety assessment and training new users. Development of a novel vacuum-extraction system for air trapped in ice cores, based on laser induced sublimation: Designing, building up and automating the system using LabVIEW. Implementing measurement strategies with laser spectroscopy. Data management and evaluation. Coordinating of and with different scientific and technical personnel. Laboratory management, including safety assessment and training new users.



University of Bern & ETHZ

• Teaching

  • 2005 - 2020

  14-21: Teaching assistant, physics I-III and atom physics courses, University of Bern. 08–10: Co-Instructor, physics laboratory and environmental science field courses,Eawag/ETH Zürich.05–06: Student assistant, discrete mathematics for engineers, ETH Zürich. 14-21: Teaching assistant, physics I-III and atom physics courses, University of Bern. 08–10: Co-Instructor, physics laboratory and environmental science field courses,Eawag/ETH Zürich.05–06: Student assistant, discrete mathematics for engineers, ETH Zürich.



The University of Auckland

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Mar 2014 - Oct 2015

  SIMION flight simulations of ions in non-linear potential mirrors for a MALDI time-of-flight mass spectrometer with delayed ion extraction.Rebuild of a vacuum system and a quadratic-field ion mirror consisting of elliptically shaped electrodes. SIMION flight simulations of ions in non-linear potential mirrors for a MALDI time-of-flight mass spectrometer with delayed ion extraction.Rebuild of a vacuum system and a quadratic-field ion mirror consisting of elliptically shaped electrodes.



Eawag/UBC

• Field instrumentation/supporting scientist

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

  Gas concentration measurements in the saturated and unsaturated zone of an oil-contaminated aquifer using in field mass spectrometry. Gas concentration measurements in the saturated and unsaturated zone of an oil-contaminated aquifer using in field mass spectrometry.



Eawag

• Switzerland
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2012

  Development of a stand-alone system based on a membrane inlet mass spectrometer for measuring dissolved (noble) gas concentrations in groundwater under field conditions. Conducting of field studies to understand the influence of subsurface gas exchange on the biochemical state of groundwater.Measurements of noble gas concentrations using sector field mass spectrometry and determination of SF6 concentrations with gas chromatography. Development of a stand-alone system based on a membrane inlet mass spectrometer for measuring dissolved (noble) gas concentrations in groundwater under field conditions. Conducting of field studies to understand the influence of subsurface gas exchange on the biochemical state of groundwater.Measurements of noble gas concentrations using sector field mass spectrometry and determination of SF6 concentrations with gas chromatography.



ETH Zürich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student

  • 2001 - 2007

  Master in physics Specialization in solid-state physics, During diploma thesis (MSc): conducting measurements with different neutron scattering instruments at SINQ; PSI, ILL; Grenoble and FRM II; Munich Master in physics Specialization in solid-state physics, During diploma thesis (MSc): conducting measurements with different neutron scattering instruments at SINQ; PSI, ILL; Grenoble and FRM II; Munich