Education o Ph.D in Mathematics 2001 Massachusets Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA Supervisor: Tom Mrowka o B.A. in Mathematics 1996 University of Bucharest, Romania Positions o since 10/2016: Department of Mathematics, University of Stuttgart, Germany o 01/2013-09/2016: Postdoc in the groups of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Goette and Prof. Dr. Katrin Wendland Mathematical Institute, University of Freiburg, Germany o 10/2011-12/2012: SFB postodc SFB/Transregio 71 "Geometric Partial Differential Equations" Mathematical Institute, University of Freiburg, Germany o 01/2007-09/2011: Junior Scientist Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam-Golm, Germany o 08/2004-07/2006: Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics, Duke University, USA o 08/2003-05/2003: Posdoctoral Fellow in the program "Differential Geometry" Mathematical Science Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, CA, USA o 08/2001-07/2003: Assistant Research Professor Department of Mathematics, Duke University, USA