Research experience: 

since 2025                       Assistant Professor of Virology in Pediatrics; Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, US)

since 2025                       CAP Awardee at the CMMC Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

since 07/2024                 Independent Research Group Leader; Laboratory for Infection and Immune Biology, Institute, University Hospital Cologne

since 2022                       Guest Editor, Viruses - Special issue: “Therapeutic Antibodies against Virus Infection”

10/2017- 06/2024          Postdoctoral Research Associate; Institute of Virology, University Hospital Cologne

01/2016-09/2017           Postdoctoral Research Associate; LIMES Institute, University of Bonn

Academic education:

2010-2015                       PhD Thesis (summa cum laude, highest honor); LIMES Institute, University of Bonn

2010                                  Diploma Thesis (final grade 1.0, highest honor); LIMES Institute, University of Bonn

2009                                  Visiting Scientist; Center of Immunology and Infection, University of York, England

2005-2010                       Excellence study “Molecular Biomedicine“ (highest honor); University of Bonn

2008                                  Research Internship; Institute of Virology, University Hospital Bonn

Professional training and courses(selection) :

Since 2023                        Advanced Leadership Certificate and Leadership courses; University Hospital Cologne

11/2020                             Medical didactics (Correct Examination, Interactive group lessons); University Hospital Cologne

09/2015                             Workshop in Advanced Confocal Microscopy and Flow cytometry; University of Bonn

03/2012                             Course in experimental animal research (comparable FELASA-B); University of Bonn