Prof. Dr. Jochen Weller

Personal Information: Birth: November 22, 1969, Schramberg, Germany
                      Married, 2 children


Career

05/2009 - Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, Affiliate
10/2008 - Faculty of Physics, University Observatory, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, Professor
10/2008 - Excellence Cluster for Origin and Structure of the Universe,
Garching, Germany, Junior Research Group Leader, Research Area Coordinator
10/2005 - 9/2008 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, UK, Lecturer
9/2004 - 8/2005 Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Fermilab, USA, David N. Schramm Fellow
10/2003 - 9/2004 Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK, Fixed Term Lecturer
10/2002 - 9/2003 Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK, PDRA (Leverhulme Fellow)
10/2000 - 9/2002 Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
University of Cambridge, UK, PDRA

Education

1999 - 2000 University of California in Davis, USA, Visiting Postgraduate Student
1996 - 2000 Imperial College, London, UK, Doctor of Philosophy, 31 October 2000
Diploma of the Imperial College in Physics, 30 November 2000
Ph.D. program in Theoretical Physics/Cosmology, Thesis Advisor: Prof. A. Albrecht
Thesis Title: Observational consequences of modern cosmological theories
1990 - 1996 University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Diploma in Physics, 16 August 1996

Fellowships

2001 - 2005 Trapnell Fellowship at King's College, Cambridge (resigned 2004)
1997 - 2000 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) PhD Fellowship
financed by the German Federal Ministry for Research and Technology

Affiliations

Core Team Member Planck Satellite HFI
Member of the Dark Energy Survey (DES)
(co-coordinator Theory and Combined Probes Working Group)
Member of Euclid (co-coordinater Cluster Science Working Group)
Member of PanStarrs1 Consortium
Member of HETDEX Consortium
Member of eROSITA Collaboration
Member of LOFAR