Curriculum Vitae:

Drs. Alexander Michael von Benda-Beckmann


E-mail: sbenda@aip.de

Birth Date: 19-02-1979
Place of Birth: Leiden, Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch/German


Education
1998-2004 Universiteit Leiden, Doktoraal (Diplom/Master)
1997-1998 Universiteit Leiden, Propaedeuse
1991-1997

Scholengemeenschap Pantarijn/ Wageningen, Netherlands
- VWO

Working Experience
2004 - PhD in Cosmology Group, AIP/ Potsdam, Germany
2004 General Support in EU Fraud Team, eBay/ Potsdam, Germany
2004 Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the CDJO2004 conference, Banff, Canada
2004 Research in CAPCA group, University of Calgary/ Calgary,
Canada
2002-2003 Research for Master's Thesis, AIP/ Potsdam, Germany
2002 Observing for Universiteit Leiden, J.K. Telescope/ La Palma,
Canaries
2002 Teacher for Computer Courses for Seniors, Rednose/ Leiden, Netherlands
1998-2001 Programmer, Development Department, OCLC PICA/ Leiden, Netherlands

Summerschools/Conferences Participated
2007 Conference 'Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Clusters of Galaxies: Six Years Later',
Sesto, Italy
2006 Summer School 'Helmholtz-School on Supercomputational Cosmology',
Potsdam, Germany
2005 Summer School 'A Panchromatic View on Clusters of Galaxies and the LSS' ,
Tonantzintla - Puebla, Mexico
2004 Conference 'Cores, Disks, Jets, and Outflows in Low & High Mass Star Forming Environmnets' ,
Banff, Canada

Teaching Experience
2005-2006 Tutor for Winter-Semester Course on Theoretical Electrodynamics, University of Potsdam/ Potsdam, Germany

Non-Working Experience
2000-2001 Member of Organizing Committee for the Symposium
'the Art of Science and Science as Art', Leiden, Netherlands
2000-2001 Secretary for Student Association 'De Leidsche Flesch', Leiden, Netherlands
1998 Member of Dutch National Youth Fencing Team,
Junior's World Championships 1998, Hungary
1996 Member of Dutch National Youth Fencing Team,
Cadet's World Championships 1996, Belgium

Grants
2002 Curatoren Fonds, University Leiden
- Funding for research at AIP, Potsdam
2002 Kapteyn Fonds, Groningen
- Funding for research at AIP, Potsdam
2002 Facultair Reisfonds, faculty of Science, Universitity Leiden
- Funding for reasearch at AIP, Potsdam

Language Skills
Dutch: native
German: fluent
English: fluent
French: basic


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Last update since: 15 October 2007
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