Company
Prof. Dr. Vera Spillner
Basic
Angestellt, Professorin an der HdM, Stuttgart, HdM Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Timeline
Professional experience for Vera Spillner
Current 1 year and 3 months, since Mar 2021
Professorin an der HdM, Stuttgart
HdM Stuttgart
Wissenschaftsjournalistin
1 year and 9 months, Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
CFO / Editorial Director
EMS Publishing House
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10 years and 5 months, Aug 2008 - Dec 2018
Science Journalist for Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Scientific American)
Spektrum der Wissenschaft
4 years, Apr 2011 - Mar 2015
Senior Editor & Programmleitung Physics & Astronomy DACH
Springer Spektrum | Springer DE
As Editor, my responsibilities included portfolio management for the entire German-language physics and astronomy book program as well as opening up new acquisition channels.
2 years and 9 months, Apr 2008 - Dec 2010
PhD in Philosophy of Physics
Universität Bonn
In my doctoral thesis, I discussed different interpretations of Quantum Theory and suggested a new definition for 'Scientific Understanding' by which the interpretations became classifiable.
2 years and 6 months, Feb 2006 - Jul 2008
Research Associate, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg
Universitaet Heidelberg
Research, team work.
1 year and 4 months, Oct 2004 - Jan 2006
Diploma Theoretical Physics
HU Berlin / Albert Einstein Institut, Golm
1 year, Aug 2002 - Jul 2003
Fulbright Graduate Studies
University of Minnesota
As Editorial Project Manager SmartBooks for Springer Germany, I was responsible for meeting schedules, achieving the planned title output for German-language editions during the pilot phase, as well as for the communication and workflows within Springer. I also handled negotiations with external vendors.
Educational background for Vera Spillner
10 months, Aug 2009 - May 2010
Journalism
Spektrum der Wissenschaft / Scientific American
3 years and 10 months, Apr 2006 - Jan 2010
Philosophy of Science
Bonn University
Philosophy of Science / Philosophy of Physics
1 year and 11 months, May 2004 - Mar 2006
Physics & Mathematics
University Heidelberg
Physics / Theor. Physics, Dark Matter / Dark Energy
4 years and 6 months, Aug 1999 - Jan 2004
Physics & Mathematics
University of Heidelberg / Univ. Minneapolis (Minnesota, USA), HU Berlin
String Theory / Supersymmetry / Mathematical Physics
Languages
German
First language
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Italian
Intermediate
Russian
Intermediate
Spanish
Basic
Japanese
Basic