Hi, I am an optical engineer and astronomer working for the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany.

My work focuses on  instrumentation for large telescopes. I am currently working on astrophotonics and fiber-fed spectrographs.

I have played a leading role in the design, assembly, integration, testing and commissioning of the 2^nd generation VLTI instrument GRAVITY.

I received two awards for my work on instrumentation:

• MERAC prize – New Technologies2016 of the European Astronomical Society for the “innovative use of modern technology”.
• Universe PhD award 2013 for the best dissertation, from the Excellence Cluster Universe.

 MERAC prize 2016