Curriculum Vitae
since 2021
W3 Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Freising/Weihenstephan
2017 - 2021
W2 Professor (tenure-track) at the Technical University of Munich, Freising/Weihenstephan
2008-2018
Independent Max-Planck Research Group und Emmy-Noether Group leader at Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried
2003-2008
Postdoctoral research fellow, HHMI/University of California, Laboratory of Prof. SL Zipursky, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
1999-2003
Graduate student, international PhD program at EMBL and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Laboratory of Prof. R Klein (graduated summa cum laude with Dr. rer. nat. from the University of Heidelberg)
1993-1999
Studies of Biology at the University of Göttingen, Germany and at the University of California, San Diego, U.S.A. (graduated with Diploma in Biology from the University of Göttingen)
Preise und Auszeichnungen
- 2021 Henriette-Herz-Scout of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2020 Dr. Heinrich-Baur-Preis
- 2014 ERC starting grant (started July 2015)
- 2013 Boehringer Ingelheim Exploration grant
- 2012 EMBO Young investigator
- 2010 Member of AcademiaNet – database of excellent female scientists
- 2008 Career Development award of the Human Frontiers Science Organization
- 2008 Emmy Noether grant of the German Research Foundation
- 2003 Human Frontiers Science Organization Long-term fellowship
- 2003 EMBO Long-term fellowship
- 2002 Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society
Wissenschaftlicher Service und Outreach
- Member of the first European Drosophila Society Board
- Elected member of the Wellcome Trust - Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Expert Review Group
- Member of Editorial Review Boards of eLife, Brain and Behavior, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience’ and ‘Frontiers in Physiology’
- Vice-Chair and Chair for Gordon research conference (GRC) ‘Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior’
- Mentor in four mentoring programs for women (Minerva; Helmholtz/Max Delbrück Center mentoring, EMBO LEAP; Cornelia Harte Mentoring)
- Initiator and co-organizer of the public seminar series ‘TUM@Freising – Wissenschaft erklärt für alle’
- Faculty member of the TUM PhD Program Medical Life Science and Technology and the TUM Master program Biomedical Neuroscience
- Faculty member of the LMU Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN)
- Member of the Munich Center of Neurosciences (MCN)
- Associated faculty member of the International Max-Planck Research School of Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences (IMPRS-LS)
- Associated faculty member of the TUM Master program Neuroengineering