EDUCATION
Diplom Biology (Biological Oceanography) 2003-2008 University of Bremen (Germany)
Ph.D. (Biological Oceanography) 2008-2011 University of Kiel (GEOMAR)
POSITIONS
Emmy Noether research group leader 2018-present Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany
Visiting Professor 2018
University of Padova, Italy
DFG Cluster of excellence Fellowship 2015-2018
Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship 2013-2015
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Postdoctoral fellow 2011-2012
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Research fellow 2011-2011
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany
RESEARCH INTERESTS
-Ion and pH regulatory systems in aquatic organisms
-Development of ion-regulatory epithelia
-Mechanisms of biomineralization in marine invertebrates
IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC PRIZES & FUNCTIONS
ERC Consolidator Grant (CarboCell) 2023
SEB Presidents medallist (animal section) 2022
Emmy Noether awardee (DFG) 2018-present
DFG/Cluster of excellence “The future Ocean” Fellowship 2015-2018
Alexander von Humboldt Awardee 2013-2015
Annette-Barthelt Prize for marine research 05/2008
Editorial board member of the Journal of the 2016-present MarineBiological Association United Kingdom
Editorial board member of Frontiers in Physiology 2017-present
RECENT INVITED TALKS
- APS Intersociety meeting: From organisms to omics in an uncertain world, San Diego 2022
- Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Montpellier 2022
- Symposium: Current trends and hot topics in marine zooplankton research, Bremen 2021
- 100th Annual meeting of the German physiological society, Frankfurt 2021
- 43rd Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Kyoto, 2020
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2023 ERC Consolidator grant (CarboCell) (2 Mio€, PI) 2018 Emmy-Noether Programme (DFG) (1.3 Mio€, PI)
2016 Cluster of excellence “The Future Ocean” mini proposal (60 K€; Co proponent)
2015 Cluster of excellence “The Future Ocean” mini proposal (75 K€; Main proponent)
2014 Cluster of excellence “The Future Ocean” Post-doc fellowship (270 K€; PI)
2013 Alexander von Humboldt fellowship (50 K€; PI)
2010 DAAD Project-based personnel exchange (27 K€)