University education
1997 – 2002 undergraduate studies in chemistry at University of Bonn
2000 semester abroad at Oxford University
2002 – 2005 graduate studies in biochemistry at University of Bonn (Schepers/ Sandhoff lab)
Scientific degrees
2002 Diploma in Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany
2005 Dr. rer. nat., University of Bonn, Germany
Professional experience
2005 Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Bonn, Germany
2005-2007 Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, and The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, USA
2007-2011 Research Group Leader at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Since 2011 Professor of Biological Chemistry at Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
2019 maternal leave (8 months)
Honors and awards
2019 Innovation Award in the field of medicine for (Medizinsonderpreis: „Antimikrobielle, gewebsregenerierende Laminate für die regenerative Medizin“
2006 – 2007 Postdoctoral fellowship of the Ernst Schering Foundation
2005 – 2006 Postdoctoral fellowship of the German Academic Exchange
Service
2003 – 2005 PhD-fellowship of the German Scholarship Foundation
2003 – 2004 PhD-fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
2003 „Bonner Forum für Biomedizin” Award
2002 „Bonner Forum für Biomedizin” Award
2001 – 2002 Fellowship of the Theodor-Laymann- Foundation
2000 – 2002 Fellowship of the Fritz-ter-Meer- Foundation
1996 – 2002 Student-fellowship of the German Scholarship Foundation
Offices and committee assignments
since 2021 and
2013 – 2015 Head of Examination Commission Biomolecular Engineering
2015 – 2019 Member of Examination Commission Biomolecular Engineering
since 2017 Member of Examination Commission Chemistry
2012-2019 Member of Board of the Chemistry Department, TU Darmstadt
2016 – 2019 Vice executive director, Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, TU Darmstadt
2016-2019 Mentor, TANDEM program of DHV (Deutscher Hochschulverband)
since 2017 Faculty representative at Ingenium, the Organization for early career scientists at TU Darmstadt
2013 – 2015 Dean of Studies of the Chemistry Department at TU Darmstadt
since 2012 Mentor, German Scholarship Foundation
