INTRODUCTION
INTENTION
My interdisciplinary research combines methods of biology, physics, chemistry, and material sciences, uncovers the functionality of biological systems and adds to the understanding of the interfaces between plants and animals.
The obtained knowledge advances eco-evolutionary concepts, and provides a pool for bio-inspiration.
SCIENTIFIC CAREER
since 2013 Project Leader
Institute for Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2012/2013 Postdoctoral Researcher
National Institute for Material Sciences (NIMS), Interconnected Design Group, Tsukuba, Japan
2012 Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute for Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2011 – 2012 Scientific staff
coordination bureau, Bionics Competence Network (BIOKON e.V.), Berlin, Germany
2010 – 2011 Postdoctoral Researcher
Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts- Universität zu Kiel, Germany
2005 – 2010 Postdoctoral Researcher
Evolutionary Biomaterials Group, Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research Stuttgart (currently MPI for Intelligent Systems), Germany
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2002 Diploma Engineer (Dipl.-Ing.)
Environmental Protection and Land Use Planning
(Umweltschutz und Raumordnung), TU Dresden, Germany
1999 Diploma Engineer (Dipl.-Ing. [FH])
Horticulture (Gartenbau), University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Germany
AWARDS
2/2021 The ICBBA 2021 MDPI Biomimetics
Best Photo Award
9/2020 The ESJ Paper Award 2020 (see News)
2/2020 COST Short Term Scientific Mission to GeorgiaTech, Atlanta, USA
6/2014 German Technion Society, Scientific Mission to Technion, Haifa, Israel
2/2014 COST Short Term Scientific Mission to NIMS Tsukuba, Japan
12/2013 COST Short Term Scientific Mission to Technion Haifa, Israel
2012 – 2013 Maria-Reiche-Promotion TU Dresden, Germany, Postdoc Fellowship
10/2004 Poster Award, Biomimetics Congress, Bremen, Germany
2003 – 2004 German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Doctoral Fellowship
10-12/2002 Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Education, SMWK Saxony, Germany, Doctoral Fellowship
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