Curriculum Vitae
2016-present
Independent Research Group Leader (W2) at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany (Research Group Olfactory Coding)
2016
Call for the W2-Professorship of Neurobiology at the University of Würzburg (declined)
2008-2015
Junior Research Group Leader of BMBF funded independent group at the MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
2006-2008
Project Group Leader in the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology at the MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany (with Prof. Dr. Bill S. Hansson)
2002-2005
Postdoc in the Department of Neurogenetics and Behavior at the Rockefeller University, New York, USA (with Prof. Dr. Leslie B. Vosshall)
1999-2002
PhD in Biology (summa cum laude), Institute for Neurobiology, Free University of Berlin (with Prof. Dr. C. Giovanni Galizia)
1993-1999
Studies and Diploma in Biology (grade: 1.0), Free University of Berlin, Germany
Awards
2020: Member of AcademiaNet – database of excellent female scientists
2008: BMBF-Nachwuchsgruppe Neurowissenschaften
2003: T.I.L.L. Photonics Technology Award for excellence in developing novel techniques in neurosciences
2002: Rockefeller University Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship
1999: Member of the graduate college GRK120 ‘Signal cascades in living systems’ (DFG), Free University Berlin