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Experimental Astrophysics requires an excellent team. In addition to scientific collaborators, a number of engineers, technicians and students have contributed to the success of my projects.

The technical team is essential for laboratory assistance, instrument and software devleopment, hardware integration and testing, and crew members for measurement campaigns.

At the University of Bern and member of the NCCR PlanetS, I have built instruments for microgravity research and remain active preparing a technical demonstration for the European Space Agency. My technical team has included: Daniele Piazza, Mathias Brändli, Thierry de Roche, Jonas Kühn, Jean-David Bodénan, Stefano Spadacchia, Bernhard Jost, Romain Cerubini, Thomas Planchet, and Linus Stöckli. My mentors and collaborators include Nicolas Thomas, Antoine Pommerol, Martin Jutzi, Lucio Mayer, Maria Schönbächler, Yann Alibert, Jurgen Blum, Nozair Khawaha, and Ralf Shrama.

While at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Oganization (MPIDS), laboratory for pattern formation and nano-biocomplexity (LFPN), I worked very closely with the techncial staff to build a new experimental facility, incluing: Artur Kubitzek, Andreas Renner, Andreas Kopp, Gerhard Nolte, and Udo Schmienke. My mentors and collaborators included Haito Xu, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Jurgen Blum, Michiel Lambrechts and Anders Johansen.

While studying at Columbia University and conducting research at the American Museum of Natural History and Yale University, I was mentored by Michael Shara, Michelle Buxton, and Charles Bailyn.

At Wesleyan University, I was advised by William Herbst.

OPEN POSITIONS AND STUDENT PROJECTS

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