I studied physics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and at ETH Zurich, Switzerland and obtained my PhD from Karlsruhe in April 2010, working at the Institute for Theoretical Physics. I held postdoctoral positions at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany (July 2010 – September 2011) and at the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology at Durham University (October 2011 – June 2013). In July 2013, I joined the Theoretical Particle Physics Group at the University of Glasgow, where I’ve been a Professor of Theoretical Physics and, later, head of the Particle Theory Group. In October 2025, I joined the HEP group at the University of Manchester.

I was fortunate enough to work with the people at Wide Eyed Editions on the childrens’ book Destination: Space which was published in September 2016.