Interests

My interest on soil protozoa and protists in general continuously grew during my Bachelor studies. Luckily I was able to get a job as a student assistant in Michael Bonkowski's lab.

My Bachelor thesis dealt with the "Diversity of Amoeba in Tibetan Soils". From high-altitude soils in Tibet I have been sampling, culturing and sequencing amoeba for phylogenetic analyses and found a great number of completely new taxa in these soils.

During my Master studies I am continuing my studies on protists and especially on amoeba to gain more knowledge about this interesting group of organisms.

Scientific Career - Studies

10/2012 – present: Master studies in Biological Sciences at the University of Cologne, Germany.

10/2009 – 09/2012: Bachelor studies in Biology at the University of Cologne, Germany. Thesis: "Diversity of Amoeba in Tibetan Soils"
"Excellent" grade in the bachelorthesis and "Very Good" grade in my whole Bachelor studies.

Practical work experiences

Upcoming: Practical work in Sina Adl's lab: Department of Soil Science - University of Saskatchewan, Canada

01/2012 - present student assistant in Michael Bonkowski's lab: Terrestrial Ecology with focus on protozoans, especially amoeba

06/2013 – 08/2013: Subject Module in General Ecology: "Research Projects in terrestrial freshwater and marine systems" With focus on soil ecology

04/2013 – 06/2013: Subject Module in Michael Melkonian's Lab: "Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology of Microalgae"

01/2013 – 03/2013: Subject Module in General Ecology: "From Genes to Function"

10/2012 – 12/2012: Subject Module in Michael Melkonian's Lab: "Biodiversity of Algae"

07/2011 – 09/2011: Practical work at the Biologische Station Bonn with focus on ongoing field studies in renaturation of several habitat types and species preservation.