Dr. Benjamin Knispel

Press Officer AEI Hannover
Outreach
Location Hannover
+49 511 762-19104
3401 119

Main Focus

Outreach and public relations

  • Editorial responsibility for different AEI websites and social media accounts, research, conception, and creation of content
  • Press releases
  • Support of scientists in press and outreach activities
  • Contact for journalists
  • Organization of events: institute tours, GEO600 visits, Open Days, and public lecture series
  • Giving public lectures (schools, astronomy clubs, teacher trainings,...)
  • Writing of popular science articles

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 7/2011 Dr. rer. nat., Leibniz University Hannover, “Pulsar Discoveries by Volunteer Computing and the Strongest Continuous Gravitational Wave Signal“
  • 4/2007 Diplom Physik, Leibniz University Hannover, “Energieabstrahlung durch Skalarfelder”
  • 2002–2007 Physics studies, Leibniz University Hannover
  • 2001 Abitur, Gymnasium Großburgwedel

Experiences

  • since 8/2015 Press Officer, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) Hannover
  • 2/2013-7/2015 Press Officer & Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) Hannover
  • 3-5/2012 Internship at Sterne und Weltraum editorial offices
  • 7/2011-8/2015 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) Hannover
  • 2009-2016 lecturer for astronomy tourism events
  • 2007–2011 PhD student (supervisor Bruce Allen), Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) Hannover and Leibniz University Hannover
  • 2007–2014 Teaching astronomy courses at the adult education center (Ada-und-Theodor-Lessing-Volkshochschule) Hannover
  • since 2004 Outreach in amateur astronomy, Volkssternwarte Hannover
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