Group Leader

04/2018 – 04/2019 | Interim Professor for Botany, vacant chair, succession Prof. Dr. Melkonian, University of Cologne, Germany, Botanical Institute |
08/2016 – present | Independent Group Leader (DFG funded), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Botanical Institute |
07/2008 – 08/2016 | Independent Group Leader (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Botanical Institute, Chair Prof. Dr. U.I. Flügge |
03/2008 – 06/2008 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Botanical Institute, Chair Prof. Dr. U.I. Flügge |
12/2007 – 03/2008 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany, Department Prof. Dr. Lothar Willmitzer |
2004 – 2008 | Doctoral Candidate, University Potsdam and Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany, Department Prof. Dr. Lothar Willmitzer, Group Dr. Rainer Hoefgen (Amino Acid and Sulphur Metabolism) |
2003 – 2004 | Diploma Student, University Potsdam and Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany, Department Prof. Dr. Lothar Willmitzer, Group Dr. Joachim Kopka (Applied Metabolome Analysis) |
Ph.D. Candidate

11/2016 – present | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cologne, Institute of Botany Working title: “The regulation of the phosphoserine pathway by biotic factors and its function in the biosynthesis of tryptophan and tryptophan-derived metabolites”
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10/2014 – 10/2016 | MSc in Biological Sciences, University of Cologne Thesis title: “Optimization of Xylanase Activity in Solid-State Cultures of Aspergillus oryzae as a Function of Substrate Composition” , in cooperation with Senzyme GmbH, Troisdorf.
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10/2010 – 06/2014 | BSc in Biology, University of Cologne Thesis title: “Analysis of the activation-tagged TAMARA-Collection for altered Seed Storage Components of Arabidopsis thaliana”
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10/2006 – 03/2010 | Diplom-Kauffrau, Industrial management, European University of Applied Sciences Rhein/Erft, Brühl Thesis title: “Description and Analysis of the Effects of the “Modernization laws for Balance Sheet Accounting” using INEOS in Cologne as an Example”
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08/2009 – 02/2010 | Semester abroad, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche (Spain) Erasmus fellowship of the European Union
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Ph.D. Candidate

07/2017 – present | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cologne, Biocenter Working title: “Identification and characterisation of new gene functions in the plant fungal interaction”
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04/2015 – 05/2017 | MSc in Biological Sciences,University of Cologne, Biocenter Thesis title: “Implication of the phosphoserine biosynthesis pathway in phosphate homeostasis”
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10/2011 – 10/2014 | BSc in Biology, University of Cologne, Biocenter Thesis title: “Functional characterization of the LjNAC9 transcription factor in mycorrhizal Lotus japonicus”
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09/2013 – 12/2013 | Semester abroad, University of Oulu, Oulu (Finland)
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