About me

Academic career

During my previous career, I have been fortunate to travel around the world gaining work experience in prestigious insitutions in the USA, Germany, Japan and France and I have been privileged to work alongside internationally renowned experts in the fields of palaeontological and biological research. Read more about my projects [here].

Curriculum vitae

2021 – to date	Professor (W2) Zoology and Functional Morphology of Vertebrates Zoological Institute Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Germany)
2020 – 2021	Postdoctoral Researcher Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Germany) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship
2020	Postdoctoral Researcher Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris (France) Emergence Sorbonne Universités Advisor: Emmanuelle Pouydebat
2019	Visiting Professor University of Vienna (Austria) Evolutionary Morphology Research Group (EvoMoRG) Advisor: Jürgen Kriwet
2017 – 2019	Postdoctoral Researcher Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris (France) Agence National de la Recherche ANR Advisor: Anick Abourachid
2015 – 2017	Postdoctoral Researcher CNRS/Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris (France) LabEx BCDiv Advisor: Anthony Herrel
2014	Postdoctoral Researcher RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe (Japan) RIKEN fellowship & Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes Advisor: Shigeru Kuratani
2010 – 2013	PhD Palaeontology Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Germany) Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, PhD thesis (award-winning) Supervisors: Oliver Rauhut, Gert Wörheide
2010	Visiting fellow University of Chicago (USA) DAAD fellowship Advisor: Neil Shubin
2007 – 2009	Master of Science Geological Sciences Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Germany) MSc thesis Advisor: Oliver Rauhut
2004 – 2007	Bachelor of Science Geosciences Technische Universität in Munich (Germany) BSc thesis (award-winning) Advisor: Kurt Heissig