Short CV:
Academic Appointments
January 2022 – now | University Professor, tenured | University of Göttingen, Germany
Institute for Microbiology and Genetics
Department of Applied Bioinformatics
September 2019 – December 2021 | Junior Professor, tenure track | University of Göttingen, Germany
Institute for Microbiology and Genetics
Department of Applied Bioinformatics
April 2019 – August 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow | TU Braunschweig, Germany
Supported by a DFG Return Grant from April 2019 – September 2019
Host: Prof. Dr. Michael Steinert, Institute of Microbiology
September 2016 – March 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Dalhousie University, NS, Canada
Supported by a DFG Research Fellowship from Dec 2016 – Nov 2018
Supervisor: John Archibald, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Education
2013 – 2016 | Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Doctor of Natural Sciences
PhD Thesis: Of robust kleptoplasts and versatile embryoplasts
Supervisors: Sven Gould & Bill Martin, Molecular Evolution
2011 – 2013 | Uppsala University, Sweden
Master of Science in Biology
Master’s thesis: Influence of abscisic acid on root vascular development
Supervisor: Annelie Carlsbecker, Physiological Botany, Uppsala University
2008 – 2011 | Technische Universität Carolo Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Germany
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Bachelor’s thesis: Studies on virulence and inhibition of Chalara fraxinea
Supervisor: Barbara Schulz, Institute of Microbiology