Curriculum Vitae
Academic affiliations:
Environmental Biochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) (2017 - now)
Marine Microbial Ecology, Laboratory of Microbiology (MIB) (2015 - 2017)
Environmental Biochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) (2011 - 2015)
Planktology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) (2010 - 2011)
Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences (IBU) (2008 - 2010)
Academic career:
- Post-Doc at the 'Environmental Biochemistry' Group, Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) (2017 - now)
- Post-Doc at the 'Marine Microbial Ecology' Group, Molecular Ecology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Netherlands (2015 - 2017)
- Guest research at the 'Centre for Microbial Innovation' University of Auckland, New Zealand (2013)
- PhD student at Graduate School 'Science and Technology', 'Environmental Sciences and Biodiversity', University of Oldenburg (2012 - 2015)
- PhD Student at the Environmental Biochemistry Working Group, Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM)
(2011 - 2015)
- Diploma degree in Biology
(2010) CvO University of Oldenburg
- Diploma thesis: Molecular study of the the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)
within the Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony
- Biology (diploma study)
(2002 - 2010) CvO University of Oldenburg
- Physics (diploma study)
(2000 - 2004) CvO University of Oldenburg
Work experience:
- Post-Doc at the BMBF SO 254 - PoriBacNewZ Project, Environmental Biochemistry Group, Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg
(2017 - now)
- Post-Doc at the Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions BluePharmTrain Research & Training Network, Laboratory of Microbiology (MIB), Wageningen University (2015 - 2017)
- Research associate at the Marine Biochemistry Group, Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg
(2011 - 2015)
- Research associate at the Planktology Group, Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg
(2010 - 2011)
- Scientific assistant at the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg
(2010)
- Student assistant at the bachelor's course Communicate Biology, University of Oldenburg
(2004 - 2005)
- Student association biology at the University of Oldenburg
(2004 - 2008)
- Student association physics at the University of Oldenburg
(2001 - 2003)
Fellowships and awards:
- 2015-2017 Marie Sklodowska-Curie initial training network (MC-ITN) fellowship, BluePharmTrain, Wageningen University
- Workshop funding of the 'Computational Molecular Analysis Summer School 2014' - International Relations Office (IRO), University of Oldenburg
- Workshop funding of the 'Computational Molecular Analysis Summer School 2014' - Graduate School 'Science and Technology', University of Oldenburg
- Conference fellowship for the '2nd International Symposium on Sponge Microbiology 2014', German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
- Best speed presentation 3rd place at the 9th World Sponge Conference 2013 (Fremantle, Australia)
- Conference fellowship for the '9th World Sponge Conference 2013', German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
- Conference fellowship for the '9th World Sponge Conference 2013', Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg e.V. (UGO)
- Short term fellowship 'Microbial Symbiosis and Diversity in Marine Sponges', New Zealand 2013 - German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
- Travel grant 2/2012 for the ISME14 conference in Copenhagen, Graduate school 'Science and Technology', University of Oldenburg
- Project funding of my diploma thesis 'Molecular study of the the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) within the Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony' 2010 - EWE Stiftung
Attended conferences:
- 10th World Sponge Conference, Galway, Ireland (2017)
- Blue Symposium: Sponges, Corals, and the World, Blanes, Spain (2017)
- Marine Microbes - The Evolution, Nature and Function of Microbial Interactions', Gordon Research Conference, Girona, Spain (2016)
- 1st Annual AcroporaNet Symposium, Wageningen, The Netherlands (2016)
- Scientific Spring Meeting KNVM & NVMM, Papendal, The Netherlands (2016)
- GEOMAR-Biotech Symposium - Challenges and Opportunities in Marine Biotechnology Research and Development in Europe, Kiel, Germany (2015)
- 2nd International Symposium on Sponge Microbiology, Baltimore, USA (2014)
- 9th World Sponge Conference, Fremantle, Australia (2013)
- Youmares 4, Oldenburg, Germany (2013)
- Isme14 - The Power Of The Small, Copenhagen, Denmark (2012)
- 15th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Marseilles, France (2011)
- BioSystematics, Berlin, Germany (2011)
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