Collaborators

Academic positions

2011-present: Wissenschaftlicher Assistent. LMU Munich

2007 - 2011: Postdoctoral research associate. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University.

2007 Postdoctoral research associate. Center for Neurodynamics, University of Missouri - St. Louis.

2003 - 2006: Research Assistant. Department of Comparative Neurophysiology, University of Bonn.

Education
Ph.D. University of Bonn, Germany, Department of Comparative Neurophysiology, University of Bonn, December 2006. Advisor: Horst Bleckmann. Dissertation title: Electrophysiological investigations of the anterior and posterior lateral line nerve of the goldfish, Carassius auratus, to running water and oscillatory stimuli.

Diploma University of Bonn, Germany, Department of Comparative Neurophysiology, University of Bonn, April 2003. Advisor: Horst Bleckmann. Diploma thesis title: Responses of posterior lateral line afferents to vortex rings.

Grants & Awards
2009 Recipient of DFG travel funds to attend the German Neuroscience meeting
2008 Grass Fellowship in Neuroscience, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
2007 Heiligenberg Student Travel Award (Society for Neuroethology)
2006 FENS Student Travel Award (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies)
1997 Scholar price of the German Chemical Industry

Professional Membership
Society for Neuroscience
International Society of Neuroethology
German Neuroscience Foundation
Federation of European neuroscience Societies

Professional Service (Reviewer):
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Journal of Experimental Biology
Journal of Neurophysiology
Naturwissenschaften