Professional Service

  • International EPR Society. Treasurer. 01/01/2018 - 03/31/2018
  • ISMAR/EUROMAR 2019 Conference. Member of the scientific committee. 07/27/2017 - present
  • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahasse, FL. Role: Member. External Advisory Committee. 07/2016 - present
  • Spins in Organic Semicondcutors (SPINOS) Conference. Role: Member. Scientific Committee. 01/2011 - present
  • Rocky Mountain Conference EPR Symposium. Member of Program Committee. 07/30/2010 - present

Internal Service

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy Development Committee . Member, 09/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Search Committee for High Energy Physics. Member, 08/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy Policy Board . Member, 07/01/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy Space Committee . Member, 07/01/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy Safety Committee . Member, 07/01/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Integrated Science Core Curriculum Development Committee. Member, 05/01/2017 - present. College service.
  • Career Faculty Review Committee of Hans Malissa . Member, 11/2016 - 04/2017. Department service.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy Space Committee . Chair, 07/2016 - 06/2017. Department service.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy Safety Committee. Chair, 07/2016 - 06/2017. Department service.
  • Ombuds Committee for Physics and Astronomy graduate students . Member, 11/2015 - present. Department service.
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy Graduate Recruitment Committee . Chair, 07/2014 - 12/2017. Department service.
  • Physics and Astronomy New-Building Committee . Member, 07/2014 - 06/2017. Department service.
  • Condensed Matter Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 07/2011 - 06/2012. Department service.
  • RPT subcommittee for Adam Bolton's formal review. Chair, 02/2011 - 10/2011. Department service.
  • RPT subcommittee for Anil Seth's informal review. Member, 02/2011 - 10/2011. Department service.
  • Policy Board. Member, 07/2010 - 06/2016. Department service.
  • Associate Chair. 07/2010 - 08/2015. Department service.
  • Condensed Matter Faculty Search Committee. Member, 07/2010 - 06/2011. Department service.
  • Future Committee. Member, 07/2010 - 06/2011. Department service.
  • Presentation of the Frontiers of Physics lecture at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. 05/2009 - 06/2011. Other service.

Honors & Awards

  • University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award. University of Utah, 05/2018
  • Student Choice Award for Undergraduate Seminar Spring 2018. University of Utah Department of Physics and Astronomy, 04/2018
  • Silver Medal for Physics and Materials Science. International Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Society, 07/20/2016
  • Student Choice Award for Undergraduate Seminar Spring 2013. University of Utah Department of Physics and Astronomy, 05/2013
  • CAREER Award. National Science Foundation, 01/2010
  • Communication Award of the HMI Berlin. Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin, 07/09/2004
  • IHK Wissenschaftspreis der Nordhessischen Wirtschaft. Dissertation Award of the University of Marburg. Industrial and Trade Chamber Nordhessen, 06/17/2004
  • Dissertation Award Adlershof. Initiativgemeinschaft Außeruniversitärer Forschungseinrichtungen in Adlershof e.V., 12/2003
  • Phi-Kappa-Phi Membership. Phi-Kappa-Phi Academic Honor Society, 03/20/2000
  • Fulbright-Scholarship. Fulbright U.S. Student Program, 08/1997
  • Hans-Böckler-Scholarship. Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, 10/1994

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