• Built relationships with scientific opinion leaders in Drug Discovery and Nanotechnology• Spent 5 years in Brazil focusing on R&D to identify new therapies against infectious diseases (Malaria)• Planned, initiated, and implemented 3 Drug Discovery projects with international and interdisciplinary teams, resulting in 3 publications and 3 patents• Published 9 scientific articles and one book chapter to date• As Malaria subgroup leader at the Unit for Drug Discovery supervised, mentored, and trained a diverse team of 3 Master's and 2 PhD candidates in the lab• Established and led a weekly journal club in the department to critically analyze, present, and discuss scientific literature• Presented scientific data in national and international meetings.• Wrote, executed and reported scientific projects to funding agencies. • Worked as reviewer for biology and nanotechnology journals (PLOS ONE and ACS nano).• Interdisciplinary project in antimalarial drug discovery and nanoparticle applications for malaria treatment.• Experience in drug discovery and development, cell culture, molecular biology, cell viability and proliferation assays, in vivo mice studies (efficacy and toxicity), gold nanoparticles, microscopy, and flow cytometry.

• Acquired fundamental knowledge in nanosciences, especially in the fields of gold nanoparticle synthesis and characterization• Planned, wrote, executed, and reported project involving gold nanoparticles for antimalarial treatment• Developed protocols for gold nanoparticle application in Plasmodium-infected red blood cells• Established and maintained professional collaborations for interdisciplinary projects• Performed state-of-the-art biophysical techniques applied to biomedical research

• Planned, executed, and evaluated projects generating >60.000 € revenue• Prepared reagents and equipment for sampling and microbial analysis• Liaised on-site with clients to initiate projects and perform sampling• Worked and negotiated with international clients such as Mercedes-Benz• Worked according to DIN standards and VDI guidelines

- molecular biology techniques- genetics