Curriculum Vitae

[Short CV below, for a detailed CV email to “jennifer.schober (at) epfl.ch”.]

Personal information

Date of birth: October 4, 1986
Place of birth: Miltenberg, Germany
Nationality: German
Researcher IDs: Orcid: 0000-0001-7888-6671, ResearcherID: S-4917-2016

Education

PhD

PhD thesis: “On the role of the turbulent dynamo in the evolution of cosmic magnetic fields”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ralf S. Klessen
Institution: Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Dates: 01/2012 – 10/2014

Graduate studies

Diploma thesis: “The small-scale dynamo: Amplification of magnetic fields in the early Universe”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ralf S. Klessen
Institution: Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Dates: 12/2010 – 11/2011

“Hauptstudium Physik”
Degree: “Physik Diplom” (Master equivalent)
Institution: Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Dates: 04/2008 – 11/2011

Undergraduate studies

“Grundstudium Physik”
Degree: “Physik Vordiplom”
Institution: Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Dates: 09/2006 – 04/2008

Working experience

11/2019 – today: PI of SNF PRIMA grant
Institution:
LASTRO/EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

08/2017 – 10/2019: EPFL fellowship (Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND)
Institution: LASTRO/EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

07/2015 -06/2017: Nordita post-doctoral fellowship
Institution: Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden

01/2015 – 06/2015: Transitional post-doctoral position
Institution: Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

01/2012 – 12/2014: PhD position
Institution: Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Teaching experience

09/2022 – 01/2023: Lecture “Dynamics of Astrophysical Fluids and Plasmas” 

09/2021 – 01/2022: Lecture “Dynamics of Astrophysical Fluids and Plasmas” 

09/2018 – 01/2019: Tutor in astrophysics (“Astrophysique III: Stellar and galactic dynamics”)

04/2012 – 07/2012: Tutor in theoretical physics (“Analytical mechanics and thermodynamics”)

04/2010 – 07/2010: Tutor in introductory course for students of natural science (“Physics B”)

09/2009 – 12/2009: Tutor in introductory course for students of natural science (“Physics A”)