Curriculum Vitae
Academic Career | |
2015 – present | Research Associate (Akademischer Rat), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Tübingen, Germany |
2010 – 2015 | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of California Davis, mentor: Prof Johannes Hell, director: Prof. Donald Bers |
2007 – 2010 | Doctoral thesis, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technische Universität Müchen (TUM): "HCN2 channels in local hippocampal inhibitory interneurons constrain temporoammonic long-term potentiation", supervisor: Prof. Thomas Kleppisch, director: Prof. Franz Hofmann |
2006 | Master thesis at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, TUM: "The role of the HCN2 channel in hippocampal synaptic plasticity", supervisor: Prof. Thomas Kleppisch, director: Prof. Franz Hofmann |
2004 – 2006 | Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Biochemistry, TUM |
2004 | Bachelor thesis, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, TUM: "Establishment of a Surface-Plasmon-Resonance Biosensor for the diagnosis of Antiphospholipid Syndrome", supervisor: Prof. Peter B. Luppa |
2001 – 2004 | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biochemistry, TUM |
Memberships, Grants, Awards | |
2019 – present | Member German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) |
2016 – present | Support from the Schuler Stiftung of the University of Tübingen |
2015 – present | Member, German Neuroscience Society (NWG) |
2014 – 2016 | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant titled "α-actinin Regulates Postsynaptic AMPAR Targeting by Anchoring PSD-95" |
2012 – 2015 | Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
2011 – 2015 | Member, Society for Neuroscience (SfN) |
2011 – 2013 | American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship titled: "PSD-95 binding to α-actinin controls postsynaptic glutamate receptor targeting" |
2010 | Participant in the 61st Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany; endorsed and supported by the government of Liechtenstein |