Education and Academic Career
Since 2021  Professor for Molecular Botany at the TU Kaiserslautern
2015 - 2021  Junior Group Leader in the Chemical Signalling Group, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
2012 - 2015  Post-Doc with Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski, Chair of Plant Biotechnology, University of Freiburg
2012          Dr. rer. nat. at the University of Freiburg (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski)
2009 - 2012  PhD student in the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, University of Freiburg
2008     Diploma in Biotechnology (Supervisor: Prof. Jane Langdale, Oxford, UK) 
2005 - 2008  Tri-national studies in Biotechnology (Strasbourg, Basel, Freiburg, Karlsruhe)
2003 - 2005  Preliminary Examination “Vordiplom” Biology, University of Freiburg
2002 - 2003  Voluntary service (FÖJ) at the ornithological station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany   
2002    German Abitur and French “Baccalauréat” with distinction, Robert-Schuman-Gymnasium Saarlouis, Germany

2017      Strasburger Workshop Grant  “Power Plants in Plants  Mitochondria in the Green Lineage”; funded by Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft
2016     Travel Grant Maria-von-Linden Program, University of Bonn
2006 - 2008  Stipend granted by German National Academic Foundation

Cell Biology: organelle dynamics, protein targeting; Evolution: proteome evolution in plant organelles; evolution of plant meristems; phylogenetic analyses; Redox Biology: Redox regulation, thiol switches and ROS scavenging systems; Methods: molecular biology, biochemistry, confocal laser scanning microscopy, genetically encoded biosensors; Model Systems: Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana tabacum, Hordeum vulgare (barley), Physcomitrium (former Physcomitrella) patens.