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Copenhagen, DK

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Discovery, Microbial Screening and Phenotyping- Microbial Strain Sourcing and Isolation- HT Screening, automated assay development and lead identification- Establishment of novel microfluidic ultrahigh-throughput screening pipeline

Jena Area, Germany

• Coordination of group and project on automation of ultrahigh-throughput droplet platform for microbiological screening, industrial collaborations (2 scientists, 1 PhD student, 1 Technician, 4 Master students)
• Microbial interaction and enzymatic pathway/activity optimization assays
• Assay development for culturing and functional evaluation of environmental microbial samples
• Microfluidics technology development, including hardware and software for dataacquisition and automation
• Hit validation in microtiterplate (BioLector) and stirred tank reactor fermentations
• Development of new project applications

Jena, Germany

• Engineering picoliter droplets for ultrahigh-throughput microbial biotechnology: Microfluidic strategies for culturing and screening the microverse and exploit its biosynthetic potential.
• Establishment of ultrahigh-throughput microbial screening platform based on droplet microfluidics
• Microbiological assay development for industrial enzyme and strain screening with validation in the microdroplet, microtiterplate and bench-scale bioreactor
• Microfluidic process improvement (chip design and fabrication, electro-optical operations, label free and high-content analysis)
• Four successful project funding applications procuring more than 1.5 Mio Eur

Jena Area, Germany

Master thesis - “Establishment of Appropriate Conditions for Culturing Actinobacteria in Picoliter Droplets: A Microfluidic Approach for Novel Antibiotic Screening”.

Program focused on Cell Biology, Nanobiotechnology and Bioinformatics with close interaction of the -Dresden Biopolis- research institutes. By attending various seminars and talks it provides the opportunity to get more involved with the scientific community.

Dresden Area, Germany

“Purification and characterization of axonemal dyneins from Chlamydomonas flagella” Supervisor: Joshua Alper, PhD.Professor: Jonathon HowardI have been working in this project parallel to my master studies. I successfully developed and established a protocol to scale up the cell culture and production of purified protein. Additionally, I achieved proper.

Working as part of the research group of Dr. Nikolov, I completed my undergraduate thesis, titled: Recovery and Separation of Bovine Lysozyme produced in Transgenic Sugarcane. I was able to gain experience in protein extraction and purification techniques with industrial applicability.

- Academic Tutor for Laboratory of Chemical Engineering- Academic Tutor for the Molecular Biology Laboratory As a teacher assistant, I guided students during laboratory practices and complemented the professor's explanations during experimentation.

During summer, I participated in the research of Dr. Harrison project: Attachment of Proteins to Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Targeting and Treatment of Tumors.During this internship I cultured mammalian cells and performed different viability assays after treatment with carbon nanotubes. I also learned about functionalization of nanoparticles and.

Dr. Rer. Nat., Microbial Biotechnology, Biophysics, Magna Cum Laude

Master Of Science, Molecular Bioengineering

Activities and Societies: Student Representative for the Master in Molecular Bioengineering course (Biotec-TUD) in the academic and.

Bachelor/Diploma, Chemical Engineering, Biology

As an approach to Biotechnology, I simultaneously studied both subjects choosing elective classes in molecular biology and bioengineering..

Academic Exchange, Biotechnologie - Deutsche Sprachprüfung Für Den Hochschulzugang

This was an opportunity to take part in a cultural exchange that allowed me to fluently learn german language and attend advanced.