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Curriculum Vitae
- Since 2011: W3 Professorship in Applied and Molecular Microbiology at Technische Universität Berlin
- 2008-2011: Assistant professor at Leiden University, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Leiden, Netherlands
- 2008: Habilitation in microbiology and genetics at Technische Universität Berlin
- 2005-2006: Visiting scientist at Leiden University, Department of Fungal Genetics and Metabolomics, Leiden, Netherlands
- 2003: Visiting scientist at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, London, Great Britain
- 2002-2008: Research assistant and lab leader at the Chair of Microbiology and Genetics, Technische Universität Berlin
- 2001: Dr.-Ing. doctoral degree at the Chair of Microbiology and Genetics at Technische Universität Berlin
- 1989-1996: Biotechnology studies at Sofia University and Technische Universität Berlin, degree: Diplom-Ingenieurin Biotechnologie
Awards and honors:
- 2005: Young Academics Professor, DECHEMA
National affiliations:
- Member of the board, DECHEMA
- Member of the DECHEMA working group Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology
- Spokesperson of the working group Fungal Biology and Biotechnology of the Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM)
- Deputy Spokesperson of the Innovationszentrum Gesundheit und Ernährung at TU Berlin
- Member of the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers
- Member of Acatech (National Academy of Science and Engineering)
International affiliations:
- Co-spokesperson of the Eurofung Consortium
- Member of the Aspergillus Genomes Research Policy Committee
Additional activities:
- Founding member and scientific consultant of the biotech company HiTeXacoat, Leiden, Netherlands
- Open Access representative of TU Berlin
- Freelance artist under the pseudonym V. meer
- Member of the scientific advisory board of MycoWorks
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