Professional experience

Since Feb. 2019                     Senior Manager Preclinical Development R&D at Weleda AG Arlesheim, Switzerland

                                             Safety and efficacy of herbal medicinal products/active pharmaceutical ingredients

June 2015 – Jan. 2019           Manager Discovery & Preclinical Development R&D at Bionorica SE, Neumarkt, Germany

                                             Safety and efficacy of herbal medicinal products/active pharmaceutical ingredients          

April 2013 – May 2015            Junior Manager in the Preclinical R&D Department of Bionorica SE, Neumarkt, Germany

                                             Safety and efficacy of herbal medicinal products/active pharmaceutical ingredients          

Jan. 2010 – March 2013         Postdoc at the Institute of Immunology of the University of Regensburg, Germany

                                             Role of beta-defensins in allogeneic transplantation and functional characterization of beta-defensins in inflammation

Feb. 2009 – Jan. 2010            Postdoc at the National Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH), Cancer and Inflammation Program, Frederick, MD, USA

Postdoctoral scholarship of the Bavarian Research Foundation: “Identification and biological characterization of beta-defensin specific receptors”

Education

Sept. 2005 – Jan. 2009           Doctorate at the Institute of Immunology of the University of Regensburg, Germany

Oct. 2000 – July 2005             Study of Biology (Master) at the University of Regensburg, Germany

Extra-occupational education

2016-2024                                „Eurotox-registered Toxicologist“ DGPT training courses:                                            

Memberships                               German Society for Immunology (DGFI)

                                                        German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT)