Curriculum Vitae

Languages
German (native)
English
Programming
S-Slang
Python
C/C++
Git/GitLab
LaTeX
Skills
Data science
Analytical thinking & problem solving
Computer simulation
Numerical analysis
Statistics

Education

04.2013 - 07.2018 PhD in physics,
thesis: "Modeling X-ray pulsars in curved space-time"
at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
10.2010 - 03.2013 Master of Science in physics,
thesis: "Light Bending around neutron stars"
at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
10.2007 - 10.2010 Bachelor of Science in physics,
thesis: "Akkretierende Neutronensterne - Zeitliche Entwicklung der Pulsperiode von 4U 1907+09"
at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Work experience

11.2017 - today Postdoctoral Associate at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • software development in aerospace engineering: telemetry processing and data analysis for the eROSITA X-ray telescope on-board the Russian-German Spektrum-Röntgen-Gamma (SRG) spacecraft
  • ongoing development and user support for the SIXTE simulator for X-ray telescopes
12.2012 - 10.2017 Scientific Researcher at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • development of a simulator for general relativistic effects around neutron stars
  • international collaboration (USA, Spain, Russia)
  • contribution to international conferences
  • student supervisor
05.2010 - 11.2012 Research Assistant at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • lab course supervisor and tutor
05.2010 - 07.2010 Research Assistant at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • tutor

Scientific publications & conference contributions

ORCID 0000-0001-5209-991X
astrophysics data system Falkner, Sebastian

Awards

2016 Nature Astronomy Poster Price for "Modelling X-ray beacons in curved space time"