EDUCATION:

2001-2005

PhD with Prof. Jonathon Howard (co-advisor: Prof. Frank Jülicher)
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
Biophysics: Collective phenomena, molecular motors, sperm cells, hydrodynamics

1995-2000

Diploma in physics with Prof. Ingrid Mertig
Technical University Dresden, Germany
Theoretical solid-state physics: Ab initio calculations, electronic band structures, quantum transport

EXPERIENCE:

2006-pres.

Postdoc (“Beckman fellow”) with Prof. Gilles Laurent
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Systems neurobiology: Dynamics and coding in olfactory systems

2005-2006  

Postdoc with Dr. Andrew Oates
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
Developmental biology: Oscillatory genetic networks in zebrafish somitogenesis

2001  

Business consultant
ACCENTURE, Düsseldorf, Germany
Strategic consulting: Option pricing and risk-management in electricity trading

HONORS:

2007

Beckman Fellowship       

2006  

Della Martin Fellowship

1998

Erasmus Fellowship

TEACHING:

2004

Practical course “Fluorescent microscopy and molecular motors”, 64 hours

2003

Practical course “Introductory statistics for physicists and engineers”, 64 hours

ACTIVITIES / COMMUNITY SERVICE :

Ongoing

Reviewed manuscripts for Cell Motil Cytoskeleton, J Theor Biol, Biophys J

2006-pres.  

Co-organized social postdoctoral events at the California Institute of Technology

2003-2004  

Co-organized 2 weekend long PhD retreats incl. speaker invitation and scientific program

2002-2005 

Co-founded “Dresden Forum on Science and Society”, organized public talks and discussion forums

1995-1998

Member of student council, engaged in university comities for educational improvement, organized student activities