CV
Employment
From 2022:
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy,
The American University in Cairo.
2019-22:
Postdoctoral Instructor
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy of Physics
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
California Institute of Technology.
2018-19:
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Swiss National Science Foundation Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship
12 months at the Department of Philosophy, Columbia University
6 months at the Department of Philosophy, New York University.
Education
2017:
PhD in Philosophy
University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dissertation: Particles and Laws of Nature in Classical and Quantum Physics.
Advisor: Prof. Michael Esfeld.
[Download Dissertation]
2013:
Diploma in Mathematics (equivalent to M.S.)
LMU Munich, Germany.
Service
since 2022:
Ordinary Trustee, Philosophy of Physics Society.
since 2018:
Fellow, Bell Fellow, John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics.
Research Visits
03/17:
Visiting Fellow
Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, UK.
Host: Alastair Wilson.
01/15 – 05/15:
Visiting Graduate Student
Department of Philosophy, New York University, USA.
Advisor: Tim Maudlin.
06/14 – 01/15:
Visiting Fellow
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Germany.
Host: Stephan Hartmann.
Grants
Jan. '18 – Jun. '19:
Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship
Swiss National Science Foundation
Project: The Revival of Atomism: Primitive Laws and Primitive Particles.