Victoria University Wellington
project: Analogue models for gravity

Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany
diploma thesis: Simulation von Gravitationsobjekten im Bose-Einstein-Kondensat.

Technical University Munich, Germany
main subjects: general relativity, advanced quantum mechanics and theory of condensed matter.

Hartle Prize of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation.
for one of the best student presentations at the 17th international conference on general relativity and gravitation (Dublin, Ireland).

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
Gegenstipendium zur wissenschaftlichen Aus- und Fortbildung im Ausland (partial stipend for overseas studies).