Rodrigo Supper: Job (career and working fields)

Tabular Vita

Study of physics at the university Fridericiana in Karlsruhe.
Diploma work in the field of nuclear and solid state physics at the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (KfK) - now named Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Thesis: "Untersuchung und Erklärung des Signalverhaltens von Flüssigkeitsionisationskammern für stark ionisierende Teilchen und Entwicklung einer Rekombinationstheorie".
(Examination and explanation of signals from highly ionizing particles in fluid ionization chambers and developement of a recombination theory)
PhD in physics in the field of astrophysics at the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) in Garching. Examination at the university Ludwig-Maximilian in Munich.
Thesis: "Eine morphologische Studie der Andromedagalaxie im weichen Röntgenband" (A morphological study of the Andromeda galaxy in the soft X-ray band). (See also highlight article about M31.
From 1995 to 2002 scientific research fellow at MPE.
From 2003 to 2005 employee at Mentz Datenverarbeitung GmbH (mdv).
Since 2006 self-employed.

At the beginning I worked in the fields of galaxy research (nearby galaxies) in X-ray astronomy investigating data from the german X-ray satellite ROSAT.
From 1997 to 2002 works in the field of neutron stars with main emphasis on theoretical considerations concerning the explanation of acceleration, interchange, and radiation processes of electrons/positrons within neutron star magnetospheres.
From 2000 to 2002 examination of data from the european X-ray satellite XMM (also).

Accompanied work:

Analysis of all ROSAT-HRI data to arrange a complete source catalog. This catalog is internally available at MPE since summer 2001.
Cooperation to the developement/enhancement of both analysis systems SASS and EXSAS for the analysis of ROSAT data.

System developer at the company Mentz Datenverarbeitung GmbH (mdv). This company developes software for public transportation systems. My working field: Optimization algorithms to optimize schedules with regard to change relations between interconnected lines using mathematical principles.

Freelancer in own company with the following subjects:

Software developing (PC und Web applications)
Developing of electronic components and devices (circuit design, laboratory model, production engineering)
Physical measurement technique