Associate Scientist in the Preclinical Research department at Pieris Pharmaceuticals, aiming to identify and characterize novel therapeutic proteins focused on the two immunology related areas: immuno-oncology and respiratory disease.

Title: "Defining the role of circadian immune functions in inflammatory bowel disease."The general research objective of the research project was to study which intestine immune functions are regulated by the local circadian clock and the contribution of a disturbed intestine clock to the development and severity of inflammatory bowel disease.

Intern scientist at Pieris Pharmaceuticals GmbH in the Cell Screening Department.Main tasks and responsibilities :► Planning, executing and improving various cell-based assays with the intention to characterize the functionality of Anticalins© and Antibody-Anticalin© multispecific fusion proteins.►Detection and quantification of cytokine secretion via electrochemiluminescence assay (ECLA).►Isolation of primary cells and purification of T cells and monocytes derived from human blood.

Student research assistant in the Biogas Department at the Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture.Main tasks and responsibilities:► Process control, feeding and data acquisition of two 3.5 m³ experimental biogas reactors.► Planning, execution and supervision of experiments to determine biogas and methane yields of different substrates.

Student intern at VEGA Americas helping to identify new branches of industries to expand the business.Main tasks and responsibilities:► Researching the process steps in cane sugar mills and breweries in order to implement level and pressure measurement solutions for potential customers.► Utilizing Dodge, a municipal industry research database, to become aquainted with the different facilities in the waste water industry (for example desalination factories, sewer lift stations, chemical storage tanks). The goal was to learn the requirements and parameters for decisions as to which measurement instruments and technologies apply to certain facilities.► Researching the process control companies located in Central America to find out what types of level, pressure and flow transducers the companies sell.

Topic: "Characterization of Escherichia coli ghost cells possessing a membrane immobilized multi enzyme complex"

Pre-study industrial internship at ATRES - engineering biogas in the fields of renewable energies focusing on anaerobic fermentation. Main tasks and responsibilities:► Sample preparation for gaschromatographical analysis of free fatty acids► Photometric analysis of ammonium and chemical oxygen demand► Evaluation, documentation and presentation of results