I am a theoretical physicist, mostly working at the intersection of nanophysics and quantum optics. Brief CV: 1998 Physics Diploma at University of Bayreuth, Germany; 1999-2002 PhD student in the group Prof. C. Bruder, Basel, Switzerland; 2002-2003 Postdoc at NCCR Nanoscale Science, Basel, Switzerland; 2003-2005 Postdoc at Yale University, USA, group of Prof. S. M. Girvin; 2005-2010 Junior Research Group leader (Juniorprof. and Emmy-Noether fellow) at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany; 2010-2016 Full professor (chair) at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; since 2016 scientific director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen.