curriculum vitae
Here you find selected stations in my life with a slight weight on my scientific background.
education
Since September 2007 Researcher position at the Eawag Dübendorf, Switzerland, working on the project
'The microevolutionary impact of toxicants on natural populations of Daphnia'
May 2004 to December 2008 Dissertation at the department of Ecology and Evolution, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe
University: 'Reconstructing evolutionary processes and interspecific hybridization over time from a Daphnia
resting egg bank.
May 2004 PhD scholarship from the Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts (HMWK) for
doctoral students.
January 2004 Procter & Gamble Price for extraordinary Diploma thesis on the environmental sector.
September 2003 Diploma thesis: 'Reconstruction of population genetic processes of an invasion - Molecular analysis
of Daphnia resting eggs from the sediments of Lake Constance, Germany'.
selected stations of my life
1994-1997 Graduation at the boarding school Odenwaldschule, Ober-Hambach
1993-1994 Swifton High School, Swifton, Arkansas, USA
1988-1989 St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School, private high school, New York, USA
teaching experience
Scientific assistant in the BWPlus project 'Genetische Verarmung als Folge von Schadstoffstress
bei Wirbellosen [Chironomidae] - ein Beitrag zur Biodiversitätsforschung', projectholder: Carsten
Nowak, Dept. of Ecology & Evolution, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Scientific assistant in the project 'Ecological genetics in Daphnia: Local adaptation and microevolution
at intra- and interspecific levels', projectholder: Bernd Seidendorf, Dept. of Ecology & Evolution, J. W.
Goethe University, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Assistance for the practical courses 'Ecology and Evolution of Animals', 'Systematics
and Ecology of Animals' and 'Structure and Function of Organisms'
methodological skills
Molecular techniques DNA preparation and isolation, PCR (optimization of protocols, reamplification),
primer design, RAPD, RFLP, microsatellite analyses, sequencing
Maintenance and managment of capillary sequencers Applied Biosystems ABI 3130 and Beckman Coulter CEQ 2000.
Field sampling and experimental setup of life history experiments.
memberships
IGL (International association of labyrinth fishes)