Bio
04/2016 – present
Post-doctoral researcher, ‘Scherf Lab, Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions Unit’, Institut Pasteur, France
“The role of RNA modifications in post-transcriptional gene regulation of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum”
09/2013 – 02/2016:
Ph.D., Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
“The genome of Aiptasia and the role of microRNAs in cnidarian-dinoflagellate endosymbiosis”, supervised by Dr. Christian R. Voolstra
09/2012 – 08/2013
MSc., Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
“The microRNA repertoire of Symbiodinium, the dinoflagellate symbiont of reef-building corals”, supervised by Dr. Christian R. Voolstra
09/2009 – 08/2012
BSc., University of Tübingen, Germany.
“Population structure, growth and production of a recent brachiopod from the Chilean fjord region”, supervised by Dr. Jürgen Laudien and Dr. Nico K. Michiels
Training periods and research experiences
02/2016 – 03/2016: Research assistant, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg (Germany), Dr. Annika Guse
07/2015 – 09/2015: Visiting graduate student, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg (Germany), Dr. Annika Guse
04/2013 – 06/2013: Visiting graduate student, Stanford University School of Medicine (USA), Dr. John R. Pringle
03/2012 – 05/2012: Research Assistant, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (Germany), Dr. Jürgen Laudien
10/2011 – 02/2012: Research Assistant, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen (Germany), Dr. Rita Groß-Hardt
05/2011 – 07/2011: Research Assistant/Scientific Diver, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, arctic field station AWIPEV, Ny-Alesund (Spitsbergen), Dr. Christian Wienke, Dr. Philipp Fischer, Max Schwanitz
02/2011 – 03/2011: Research Assistant/Scientific Diver, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, ‘Huinay Field Station’ (Chile), Dr. Jürgen Laudien
10/2010 – 01/2011: Research Assistant, Institute for Animal Evolutionary Ecology, University of Tübingen (Germany), Dr. Nico K. Michiels
08/2010 – 09/2010: Training as ‘Certified German/European Scientific Diver’, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Helgoland (Germany), Dr. Philipp Fischer