Please give us a personal quote or a quote of a famous person (e.g. of Albert Einstein) that describes you and your life/work.
“It is, indeed, an incredible fact that what the human mind, at its deepest and most profound, perceives as beautiful finds its realization in external nature.” — Chandra

Please describe your job in only one sentence and tell us what the most important goal of this work is.
Compare theoretical predictions of planetary architectures with observations.

How did you get into this research/work field?
My scientific interests, curious nature and passion have lead me here. (Also, I’m certain luck played its part)

What would be the greatest discovery you would like to see in your life time?
A unfied theory for Standard Model and Gravitational physics. (Maybe ammusing corrections to Drake’s equation as well)
You work for the NCCR PlanetS. What do you think will the NCCR enable you to do you couldn’t do without it?
Network and interact with other researchers.