Short biography
PhD 2001 with distinction TU Munich, Oberass./Habil. ETH Zürich. 2007 at ICFO, pioneered mid-IR photonics, attosecond soft X-rays and laser-induced electron diffraction with breakthroughs in molecular dynamics and dynamics in materials. As. Editor OPTICA and Ultrafast Science; Fellow of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes; Fellow of Optica; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Thousand Talents Program Award China; OSA Allen Prize; Bessel Prize of the Humboldt Foundation; ERC Advanced Grant and Proof of Concept Grant; Adj. Prof. at University of New Mexico USA; Guest Professor at Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society; Whitebook Extreme Light Infrastructure; former Executive Director Laserlab-Europe (46 infrastructures 22 countries), former Board of Chairs of Analytical Research Infrastructures of EU (40,000 researchers, 7 networks), Board of Directors Optica, Chair Optics Meetings Council, Strategic Planning and Finance Councils Optica.
