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Once upon a time, there was a little girl who wanted to be an inventor – but then she realized that nature had done plenty of fascinating inventions for her, so she became a scientist instead. And then she met mitochondria and fell in love forever.

CV

University training and degrees

2003-2009	Studies in Molecular Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
2009	Diploma in Molecular Medicine, Supervisor: Prof. Klaus Pfanner/Chris Meisinger
2009-2014	Doctoral Studies in Biochemistry, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany, Supervisor: Prof. Chris Meisinger
2014	Dr. rer. nat. (PhD)

Professional Career

2014	PostDoc at Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany, Mentor: Prof. Chris Meisinger
2015-2019	PostDoc at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, Mentor: Prof. Thomas L. Schwarz
since Sept 2019	Max Planck Research Group Leader at MPI of Neurobiology and tenure-track professor for “Neurons and Metabolism” at Technical University Munich

Awards and Honors

2015-2018	Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research post-doctoral fellowship
2015	Bayer-Healthcare-Award of the German society for Biochemistry (GBM) for the best PhD thesis
2013	Best questions asked of a speaker award, DynaMito conference, Okinawa, Japan
2013	Barbara-Hobom-Award of the BIOSS Excellence Cluster to promote young women in science
2011-2013	International Research Training Group (IRTG 1478) fellowship (PI: Meisinger)
2004-2008	Roche Diagnostics Mentoring program fellow (Mentor Elke Schüler)
2003-2008	Bayrische Begabtenförderung, a fellowship for exceptionally talented students funded by the Bavarian government

Other achievements

Proud mother of an adorable daughter (2018)