Education
2017-present
Principal Investigator at Leipzig University
2013-2016
Postdoc with Ronald R. Breaker at Yale University, USA
2009-2012
PhD at University of Bonn with Günter Mayer, Thesis: Riboswitches as new antibacterial drug targets
2004-2009
Diplom in Molecular Biomedicine, University of Bonn, Thesis with Michael Famulok on primary micro RNA processing

Awards
2020 Postdoc fellowship Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation
2016 6-month return fellowship, DFG, LU1889/2-1, host: Mario Mörl
2013 2-year research fellowship, DFG, LU1889/1-1;
2-year research fellowship, German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD), declined

Education
since 2021
Master’s student in Biochemistry (Leipzig University)

2017-2021
Bachelor of Science in Bioanalytics (Hochschule Coburg), Thesis in the laboratory of Dr. Dirk Kuhlmeier at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology Leipzig

2019-2020
Assistent scientist at the Institute for Sensor and Actuator Technology Coburg

Activities and interests
any kind of outdoor activity (hiking, riding, climbing etc.), fitness, literature, baking, travelling

Education
since 2020
Biochemistry studies at Leipzig University

2019 – 2020
Orientation studies at TU Braunschweig – lectures in several natural science courses

Work Experience
since 2022
Research project at Rudolf Schönheimer Institute for Biochemistry – Antibody staining of larval Drosophila neuroblasts to determine spindle orientation during mitosis

2022 – 2023
Tutor for Principles of Biochemistry at Leipzig University

since 2021
Student assistant at Rudolf Schönheimer Institute for Biochemistry

Activities and interests
Member of junior-GBM (Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) in Leipzig, podcasts, fitness, nutrition, travelling

Education:
2020 – present

Integrated BS-MS student at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur, India, Dept.: Engineering Biology

Research Experience:
2022 (May to July)
Summer Intern at Molecular Biology section in the division of Virus Research and Therapeutics at CSIR- CDRI, Lucknow, India
Project: In silico SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid gene sequence analysis and its translation

2022 (December)
Winter Internship at Gene Manipulation Lab at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, India, Experience on Bio-materials, Nanoparticles

Awards and achievements:

• DST- INSPIRE Scholarship holder (ongoing),
• Smt. and Shri. B. Satyavrata Memorial Award for highest Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) until semester 4 at IISER
• DAAD- Working Internship in Science and Engineering (WISE) programme scholarship awardee (2023)

Activities and interests:

Sports like Long distance running, Badminton; Ex- leader of the design team of LaVida (Biology Club of IISER), Hobbies like travelling, singing, dancing, drawing