Daniel obtained his PhD in theoretical physics from LMU Munich. His past academic positions include a Simons fellowship at UC Berkeley and a Marie-Curie fellowship at CERN. Before joining the stellar variability group, he researched and published in several fields, including theoretical physics, computational biology and computer science.

Current Activities: Enabling GPU acceleration of distributed databases for massive data processing within the framework of the AERO project for the future heterogeneous EU cloud infrastructure.