I am deeply grateful for the generous support I have received throughout my career. It has been a great privilege to lead independent projects from the very beginning, and this support—amounting to over 5.5 million EUR—has been instrumental in shaping my research group and its scientific direction. The following institutions and funding agencies have made this journey possible:
Fellowships and Grants
ERC Consolidator Grant 2025
Munich Quantum Valley – since October 2021
Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technologies (MCQST) – since April 2020
Emmy‑Noether Fellowship – since August 2019
Senior Research Fellowship, Wolfson College Oxford – January 2019 to October 2020 (awarded for 7 years)
EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship – December 2016 to July 2019 (ranked as No 1 in Physical Sciences)
Junior Research Fellowship, Worcester College Oxford – October 2016 to September 2018
James Martin Fellowship – September 2015 to November 2016
Early Postdoc. Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation – March 2014 to August 2015
Workshop Funding
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM)
Max‑Planck‑Gesellschaft
Psi‑k
Oxford Martin School
My work has been recognized by several awards and distinctions. A selection of these honors is listed below:
Awards and Distinctions
ERC Consolidator Grant 2025
Hellmann Prize (highest award for scientists under 40 years in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland; awarded once per year for outstanding achievements in Theoretical Chemistry) – 09/2024
Admittance to the Emmy-Noether Programme – 08/2019 to 07/2025
Senior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College Oxford (awarded for seven years) – 01/2019 to 12/2020
"Award for Excellence" from the University of Oxford (worth €2,850) – 03/2017
EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (ranked No. 1 in Physical Sciences in the UK) – 12/2016 to 07/2019
Junior Research Fellowship at Worcester College Oxford (150 applicants for two positions) – 10/2016 to 09/2018
Oxford Martin School sponsored an international workshop (on the research field I have opened) – 04/2016
James Martin Fellowship from the Oxford Martin School – 09/2015 to 11/2016
"Early Postdoc.Mobility" Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation for the project "Structural Aspects of Fermionic Quantum States" – 03/2014 to 08/2016 (funding period 03/2014 to 08/2015)