\section*{Basic education}
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-\textsc{Sep 1988 - Jul 1998} & \textbf{Grammar school}\newline
+\textsc{Sep 1988 -- Jul 1998} & \textbf{Grammar school}\newline
Justus-von-Liebig-Gymnasium, Neus\"a\ss\newline
Holbein-Gymnasium, Augsburg\\
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-\textsc{Sep 1984 - Jul 1988} & \textbf{Elementary school}\newline
+\textsc{Sep 1984 -- Jul 1988} & \textbf{Elementary school}\newline
Ernst-Habermann-Grundschule, Berlin, Wilmersdorf\\
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\section*{Conscription}
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-\textsc{Aug 1998 - Sep 1999} & \textbf{Alternative civilian service}\newline
+\textsc{Aug 1998 -- Sep 1999} & \textbf{Alternative civilian service}\newline
Hessing-Klinik, Augsburg\\
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\section*{Scientific education}
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-\textsc{Jan 2006 - Present} & \textbf{Doctoral studies in physics}\newline
+\textsc{Jan 2006 -- Present} & \textbf{Doctoral studies in physics}\newline
Physics Department, University of Augsburg\newline {\small
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-\textsc{Jul 2009 - Present} & \textbf{Collaboration with the University of Paderborn}\newline
+\textsc{Jul 2009 -- Present} & \textbf{Collaboration with the University of Paderborn}\newline
Theoretical Physics, Physics Department\\
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-\textsc{Jan 2006 - Dec 2008} & \textbf{Scholarship student}\newline
+\textsc{Jan 2006 -- Dec 2008} & \textbf{Scholarship student}\newline
Bayerische Forschungsstiftung\\
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\textsc{Oct/Nov 2007} & \textbf{Research period at the University of Helsinki}\\
\textsc{Aug/Sep 2008} & Division of Materials Physics, Department of Physics\\
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-\textsc{Oct 1999 - Dec 2005} & \textbf{Studies in physics}\newline
+\textsc{Oct 1999 -- Dec 2005} & \textbf{Studies in physics}\newline
Physics Department, University of Augsburg\newline
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