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Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

2021 - now
Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max PlanckInstitute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany

Previous Positions

2019 - 2021
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Group of Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
 Project: “modified bases in the genome”
Development of new concepts for sequencing of DNA modifications

2018 - 2019
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell, LMU Munich, Germany
Subgroup leader prebiotic chemistry

2013 - 2018
Research Associate, 
Group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell, LMU Munich, Germany
Project: “origin of RNA building blocks on early Earth

06/2013 - 07/2013
Research Associate
Group of Prof. Dr. John Robinson, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Project: “cyclic peptides as RNase P Inhibitors”

Education

2013 - 2018
Doctoral student, LMU Munich, Germany, Reserach Advisor: Prof. Dr. Carell 

2011 - 2013
Master of Science: Organic Chemistry & Corporate Finance
Prof. Dr. John Robinson, University of Zurich, Switzerland 
„Bacterial RNase P a possible drug target for peptidomimetic compounds“

Fellowships and Awards

2021 NRW Postdoc Return Program
2021 RWTH Junior principal investigator fellowship (declined)
2021 Max-Planck Research Group Leader (“free-floater program”)
2020 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship
2017 Travel Award, Center for Nanoscience, Munich
2016 Poster Award, Orchem 2016