I was born in 1976 in Poland. My family moved to the north part of Germany, when I was at the primary school level. I completed my secondary education and subsequently undertook military service. At the age of 20, I commenced studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Ravensburg. I relocated to Munich midway through my studies and subsequently gradudated with a degree in engineering.

My interests in science was first piqued during my diploma thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics in Munich. I elected to complete my university degree at the University of Rostock and to write a doctoral thesis, which I ultimately concluded at the age of 30.

I spent my postdoctoral period at the Institut de Fisica d' Altes Energies (IFAE) in Barcelona, delegated to the Instituto Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) on the Canary Island of La Palma. I have been a member of the MAGIC team since its design phase. MAGIC is a stereo system comprising two imaging air Cherenkov telescopes, designed for the investigation of very high-energy gamma rays. The MAGIC telescopes are situated at the European Northern Observatory atop 2.400 meters on Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary Island of La Palma.

I am currently a staff scientist at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) in Zeuthen, near Berlin. At DESY, I lead the team responsible for the design and construction of Medium-Sized Telescopes for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), the next generation of imaging amospheric Cherenkov telescopes.

Education:

since 03.2013	Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY (Zeuthen, Germany) Scientist in CTAO and in MAGIC
05.2007 - 03.2013	Institut de Fisica d' Altes Energies IFAE (Barcelona, Spain) delegated to Centro Astrofisica La Palma CALP (La Palma, Spain) Scientist at the MAGIC experiment
02.2003 - 04.2007	Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Munich, Germany) & University of Rostock Ph.D. student in the MAGIC experiment. Ph.D. thesis: "First observations of the GRB Prompt and Early Afterglow Emission Phase at 100 GeV Energy Regime with the 17m Diameter MAGIC Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope"
10.1999 - 09.2001	University of Applied Sciences (Munich, Germany) Student in the physics department (from the 7th semester). Diploma thesis: "Construction and Development of the Active Mirror Control for the 17m Diameter MAGIC Cherenkov Telescope for High Energy Gamma Astronomy"
03.1996 - 10.1999	University of Applied Sciences (Ravensburg, Germany) Student in the physics department (until the 6th semester)

 

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