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I obtained my master degree in Physics in 1992 from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. During my master thesis in the framework of the `CERES' (NA45) experiment at CERN, I built a prototype electron-positron trigger detector for later integration into the experimental setup [1].

The following year, I moved to Paris to carry out my graduate studies in the group of Silvano Bonazzola in Meudon (OP). My research was focused on the application of Spectral Methods to 3-D Numerical Relativity and the investigation of the viscosity triggered secular instability in rapidly rotating relativistic stars [2, 3, 4, 5].

After working in private business from 1998 to 2000, I joined Ed Seidel's group at the AEI (Golm) as a visitor in February 2001 before being appointed to the network at the beginning of June 2001 as a member of the Valencia (UVEG) group. I stayed in Golm until September 2001, where I attended in particular the CACTUS workshop throughout the whole month of July 2001 before moving to Valencia by mid-September 2001.