04/2020         CEO of naconLabs

03/2017         Junior Research Group Leader, Technische Universität Braunschweig

2015-2017      Senior PostDoc, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) with Prof. Dr. Mark Brönstrup

2014-2015      PostDoc, Rice University, BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) with Prof. KC Nicolaou

Education

2014              Dr. rer. nat. with Prof. Dr. Stefan F. Kirsch, Bergische Universität Wuppertal

2010              M. Sc. Chemistry, Technische Universität München (TUM)

2008             B. Sc. Chemistry, Technische Universität München 

2005             IHK Laboratory Assistent

Research Interest

Cytotoxic and antimicrobial extracellular-targeted drug-conjugates (EDCs), natural product chemistry, semi- and total synthesis, biology-oriented synthesis, hybrid antimicrobials, smart fluorescence dyes, chemical probes for cell imaging, surface immobilization of biomolecules

Thieme Journal Award

Appointed member of the Junge BWG (Braunschweigsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)

Feodor-Lynen-Rückkehr PostDoc Fellowship, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation

Honorary Member of the GFBU 

GFBU PhD Award 2014, Gesellschaft der Freunde der Bergischen Universität

PhD Award, Verein zur Förderung von Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften e. V., BUW

Bayer-PostDoc-Workshop 2014, Parsipenny, NY/US

Feodor-Lynen PostDoc Fellowship, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation

PhD Fellowship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie

Student Fellowship, Hans-Rudolf Foundation

Best of class 2005, Kerschensteinerschule Stuttgart