Curriculum Vitae
Career
- 07/2021–Present: Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research Center 1286 "Quantitative Synaptology", Georg-August University, Göttingen. Modelling the scaffolding proteins and synapse geometry upon synaptic plasticity and consolidation.
- 06/2017-6/2021: Co-Project Leader with Florentin Wörgötter in Collaborative Research Center 1286 "Quantitative Synaptology", Georg-August University, Göttingen. Modelling the actin dynamics underlying synapse fluctuation to evaluate memory lifetime and capacity.
- 02/2019-07/2021: Postdoctoral Researcher with Christian Tetzlaff, Georg-August University, Göttingen in cooperation with German Primate Center (Göttingen), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and University of Southern Denmark (Odense). Developing algorithms and hardware implementations for decoding signatures of planning in spiking activity from freely behaving macaque monkeys.
- 02/2017-02/2019: Postdoctoral Researcher with Mark van Rossum, University of Edinburgh. Modelling network mechanisms of long-term memory storage despite synaptic turnover and the effects of sleep.
- 05/2016-02/2017: Postdoctoral Researcher with Florentin Wörgötter, Georg-August University, Göttingen. Finishing papers and two successful grant applications.
- 09/2011-06/2012: Research Assistant with Florentin Wörgötter, Georg-August University Göttingen.
- 2006-2011: Student research assistant, Institute for nuclear and particle physics, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf. Development of data acquisition systems for high-purity semiconductor detectors.
Education
- 06/2012-04/2016: Doctor rerum naturalium, Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB); Faculty of Physics, Georg-August University Göttingen. Title: "Long-term information storage by the interaction of synaptic and structural plasticity". Supervisor: Florentin Wörgötter. Grade: summa cum laude.
- 10/2005-09/2010: 1. Staatsexamen Lehramt Gymnasium: Math and Physics, Technical University Dresden.
- 10/2006-03/2011: 1. Staatsexamen Lehramt for additional subject: Astronomy, Technical University Dresden.
- 09/1997-06/2004: Abitur, Burgstädt, Germany.