Curriculum Vitae
Research Experience
| 12/2018 – current | Independent Emmy Noether Group leader TU Dortmund University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, co-affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Chemical Genomics Centre |
| 07/2014 – 11/2018 | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Cambridge, UK, Postdoctoral Research Associate with David Komander, PhD) |
| 01/2014 – 06/2014 | Technical University Munich (TUM), Department of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. Dr. Stephan A. Sieber |
Education
| 11/2010 – 12/2013 | Technical University Munich (TUM), Department of Chemistry, PhD (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan A. Sieber) |
| 01/2009 – 10/2010 | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Chemistry, with honours |
| 04/2009 – 09/2009 | Stanford University, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Visiting research fellowship (Supervisor: Matthew S. Bogyo, PhD) |
| 10/2006 – 12/2008 | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Fellowships, Awards and Community service
| 2024 | ORCHEM Award by Liebig Association within GDCh |
| 2024 | Biomedicine Award by Verein zur Förderung der biomedizinischen und klinischen Forschung |
| 2021 | Admission into the Young College of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences |
| 2019 | Member of the IMPRS-CMB graduate school committee |
| 2018 | Emmy Noether research grant awarded by the German research council (DFG) |
| 2017 | Mol Cell Poster award at the EMBO meeting on Ubiquitin and SUMO 2017 |
| 2014 | College Post-doctoral Associate at Jesus College, Cambridge, UK |
| 2014 | Hans-Fischer-Prize awarded by the Hans-Fischer-Society |
| 2014 | Friedrich-Weygand-Prize awarded by the Max-Bergmann-Kreis |
| 2014 | Best Talk Award at EMBO Conference on Chemical Biology, Heidelberg |
| 2014 | Emil Erlenmeyer Medal in recognition of an outstanding dissertation at TUM |
| 2013 | Travel Award for the meeting of the International Protease Society |
| 2012 | Biochemical Journal Award for the best poster presentation, EMBO Conference on Chemical Biology, Heidelberg |
| 2011 | PhD Fellowship of the German Chemical Industry Federation (2011 – 2013) |
| 2010 | Stipend by the Bavarian Elite Network to attend the 60th Nobel laureate meeting in Lindau, Germany |
| 2006 | Admission to the German National Merit Foundation (2006 – 2013) |
| 2006 | Admission to Maximilianeum College, Munich (2006 – 2011) |
| 2005 | Member of the German Team at the International Chemistry Olympiads in Taiwan and South Korea (2005 & 2006) |