PhD Student in Molecular Biology with a focus on structural and biochemical principles for enzymatic adaptation. Shared PhD in the groups of Magnus Wolf-Watz and Andre Mateus.
I began my scientific journey by studying Biochemistry at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen. While working on my thesis project at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, I developed an interest in the biology of proteins on a structural level.
This newfound passion motivated me to pursue a Masters degree in Molecular Biology for which I moved to Umeå, Sweden, to challenge myself with an international environment. I decided to join the group of Jonas Barandun, where I began to investigate fungal protein complexes of eukaryotic pathogens and their roles in health and disease as potential drug targets.
With a growing interest for structural biology and its applications, I switched to Magnus Wolf-Watz lab and André Mateus lab, where I began to characterize structural principles that facilitate protein funcitonality in extreme environments.
To do so, I employ x-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy to solve the 3D structure of target proteins such as Adenylate Kinase and characterize their biochemical properties using methods such as ITC and NMR.