CV

Research experience

Since 2020: PostDoc, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Physics of Living Systems and LaserLab, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Gijs Wuite
2018–2020: PostDoc, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem
2014–2017: Ph.D. Studies, summa cum laude, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Janshoff
2012–2013: Research stay, Syddansk Universitet Odense (Denmark), Advisor: Prof. Dr. Christine McKenzie

2011–2013: Studies of Chemistry (M.Sc.), with distinction, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2009–2011: Studies of Chemistry (B.Sc.), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2008–2009: Studies of Chemistry, Jacobs University Bremen
2007–2008: Civil service, Therapeutic day-care center “Stark” Verden (Aller)
2007: Abitur, Domgymnasium Verden (Aller)

2021–2023: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Fellowship
2020: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Prototype Fund (to Labhive)
2020: #WirvsVirus Solution Enabler (to Labhive)
2017: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biophysik travel grant for the 19th IUPAB congress and 11th EBSA congress
2014–2017: Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB) Excellence Stipend

Supervision of 4 master’s thesis projects in Physics, Biomedical Technology and Physics, Biochemistry, and Material Sciences.
Supervision of 5 bachelor’s thesis projects in Biomedical Sciences, Medical Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemistry.
“Atomic Force Microscopy vs. Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy”, hands-on course for doctoral students, course instructor (summer terms 2015 and 2016).
“Physical chemistry”, lab course for undergraduate students, teaching assistent (winter terms 2013/2014 and 2014/2015).
“Biophysical chemistry”, lecture for undergraduate and graduate students, teaching assistent (summer term 2014).

2021: “Non-linear mechanics of mitotic chromosomes” at Dutch Biophysics.
2021: “The viscoelasticity of mitotic chromosomes” at EBSA congress, Vienna (Austria).
2020: “From single filaments to many vesicles – understanding the collective behavior of biological model systems” at SFB 1027 “Physical modeling of non-equilibrium processes in biological systems” Seminar, Saarbrücken (Germany).
2017: “Membrane fusion as a function of normal forces and in-plane tension” at SFB 803 “Functionality controlled by organization in and between membranes” - Autumn School, Duderstadt (Germany).
2017: “SNARE-mediated membrane fusion trajectories derived from force-clamp experiments” at BioChem-Symposium, Mainz (Germany).
2015: “Experimental and computational model systems for biological adhesion dynamics” at SFB 937 “Collective behavior of soft and biological matter” - Autumn School, Hohegeiß (Germany).