Staff

Function and Responsibilities:

• Member of Space Weather Team
• Member of Satellite-Based Observation Team
• Calibration of satellite magnetometers
• Calibration of satellite star trackers
• Kp/Hpo forecast
  
• Satellite data processing
• Visualisation in 2D/3D/4D
• Data publication

Previous

• Earth's radiation belt forecast

Research Interests:

• Space weather
• Earth magnetic field
  
• Satellite data

Previous

• Earth radiation belt
  

Career:

• since   2007   Scientist at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
• 2002 - 2007  Research Associate at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Centre for muscle and bone research, Berlin, Germany
• 1997 - 2000  Student research assistent, Geophysics, Freie Universität Berlin

Education:

2001    Diploma in physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Projects:

European Space Agency (ESA)

• since 2026 DIAMAGRAD Concept and Feasibility Study of Co-located Diamond Quantum Magnetometry and Radiation Sensing for Earth Observation
• since 2019 GOCE magnetic field in-flight calibration
  
• since 2016 Swarm DISC | the Data, Innovation and Science Cluster
• 2024 - 2025 AMARETTO: opticAlly puMped mAgnetometers foR EarTh observaTiOn
• 2017 - 2018 Feasibility of Using Platform Magnetometers to Observe and Detect Space Weather Events
• 2014 - 2016 Swarm Expert Support Laboratories (Swarm ESL): MAG support
  
• 2010 - 2014 Swarm Ground Calibration

GFZ/Helmholtz

• since 2024 GEOMAGFOR: Forecasting the geomagnetic field with artificial intelligence methods
• since 2019 GRACE-FO magnetic field in-flight calibration
• 2023 MISO | Metadata for Ionospheric and Space Weather Observations
• 2007 - 2010 CHAMP magnetic field and star tracker in-flight calibration

European Union (EU)

• 2020 - 2023   PAGER EU Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020: Prediction of Adverse effects of Geomagnetic storms and Energetic Radiation

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

• 2021 - 2023   SFB 1294 B06 | Data Assimilation

Awards:

2024 ESA Certificate of Appreciation: In recognition of your valuable contribution to the Swarm Mission Distinction