Associate Professor (W3) for Plant Geneticsat the Technical University Munich (02/2021-present)
Tenure Track Assistant Professor (W2) for Plant Geneticsat the Technical University Munich (09/2017-01/2021)
Emmy Noether groupleader at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (01/2015-08/2017)
Research groupleader at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (12/2011-12/2014)
PostDoc with Uta Paszkowski, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2010-2011)
PhD thesis with Uta Paszkowski, University of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland (10/2005-01/2010)
Marie Curie Fellow with Paola Bonfante, University of Torino, Italy (2004-2005)
Diploma thesis with Peter Nick, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (2003)
Biology studies at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) and the University of Aberdeen (Scotland), including research internships in Sri Lanka and Brazil (1997-2002)
Fellowships and Awards
2022 Member of the Academia Europaea
2021 Adam Kondorosi Early Career Award of the Academia Europaea
2019 Member of Faculty Opinions
2018 President’s Medal of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), UK
2018 - present Member of the TUM Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS)
2017 ERC starting grant
2017 Valent BioSciences Young Scientist Award (by Plant Growth Regulation Society of America), USA