CV

1. Research Experience

2010 – Current Position:

Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Dept. of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Chair of Physical Chemistry I

Research Field: Nano-oncology

July 2021 – Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification

Magnetic and magnetoplasmonic nanoparticles for X-ray triggered multimodal cancer therapy

October 2015 Visiting Researcher at the Biotechnical Faculty (Prof. Dr. Damjana Drobne), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Research Project: Nano-toxicology of iron oxide nanoparticles

November 2014 Visiting Researcher at the Biotechnical Faculty (Prof. Dr. Damjana Drobne), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Research Project: Nano-toxicology of iron-doped silicon nanoparticles

April – June 2013 Postdoctoral Research with Prof. Dr. Mónica C. Gonzales, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

Research Project: Silicon nanoparticles for radiation therapy

2. Education

2007 – 2009 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Chair of Physical Chemistry I, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Carola Kryschi

Title: The use of functionalized silicon quantum dots as transfection reagent for ABCB1 – siRNA delivery in Caco-2 cells

2006 Final exam in biology and chemistry (MA-equivalent)

Title: Fluorescence – spectroscopic analysis of the transport properties of the P-glycoprotein in Caco-2 cells

2001 – 2006 Academic studies at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Teaching degree for secondary schools in biology and chemistry

February – April 2004 Zoological internship at the Kasanka National Park, Zambia
1991 – 2000 Wolfgang-Borchert Gymnasium, Langenzenn