Positions held
2017 - present
Post-Doc - DFG Research Fellow in the Ribeiro Lab, Champalimaud Centre of the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
2014 - 2017
Post-Doc - Galizia Lab, Universität Konstanz, Germany
Education
2008 - 2014
PhD in the lab of Prof. Giovanni Galizia, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Title: Odor representations in Drosophila receptor neurons analyzed by in vivo calcium imaging
2007
Diploma in the lab of Prof. Randolf Menzel Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Title: Intrazelluläre Färbungen und 3D Strukturanalyse von olfaktorischen Projektionsneuronen im Bienengehirn (Intracellular stainings and 3D analysis of olfactory projection neurons in the bee brain)
Oral Presentations
- Imaging pan-neuronal activity in 3D - Internal state dependent taste processing in the Drosophila brain.
- 2019 - ESITO XVI - European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, Villasimius, Italy
- Imaging pan-neuronal activity in 3D - Internal state dependent taste processing in the Drosophila brain.
- 2019 - EDRC - European Drosophila Research Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Pan-neuronal imaging internal-state dependent taste processing in the Drosophila brain.
- 2019 - University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Olfactory receptors use both time and combinatorial powerto encode odors.
- 2016 - Departmental Seminar, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Das PAL-System als Duftorgel - Automatisierte Stimulusgabe in derInsekten Olfaktorik.
- 2016 - PAL Anwendertreffen, Bad Dürkheim, Germany
- Odor coding in the peripheral olfactory system of Drosophila.
- 2016 - Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Lisbon, Portugal
- Olfactory signaling on the Drosophila antenna - Response profiles and individualresponse dynamics.
- 2015 - ESITO XIV - European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, Villasimius, Italy
- Odor coding in Drosophila ORNs
- 2014 - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, Turner Lab
- Early mixture processing in Drosophila olfaction.
- 2013 - ESITO XIII - European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, Villasimius, Italy
Teaching experience
2014
- 3rd IBRO school on insect neuroscience.
- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- One week of teaching calcium imaging at the 3rd IBRO school on insect neuroscience and Drosophila neurogenetics, organized by Trend in Africa.
2008
Supervision of a Bachelor’s thesis
2009
Supervision of a Master’s thesis
2008, 2009, 2011 & 2013
Projects in the Advanced course in neurobiology (6 weeks, 1-2 students)
2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 & 2016
Animal physiology course (2 weeks, including lecture and hands-on)
2012-2015
R introductory lecture (During the advanced course 2012-2015)