Education & Training
2014-present
Institute for Diabetes and Obesity
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Neuherberg, Germany
2009- 2014
Joslin Diabetes Center & Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Research Fellow
Mentor: Dr. C. Ronald Kahn
2004-2008
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
PhD thesis in Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Reinhard Fässler
2002-2004
Boehringer Ingelheim Austria, Vienna, Austria
MSc thesis
Mentor: Dr. Tilman Voss
1999-2003
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Graduate studies (MSc) of Genetics
Awards
Mar 2009
Junior Research Award for Mouse Genetics 2009
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Mar 2009
Human Frontiers Longterm Fellowship
Human Frontier Science Program
Oct 2008
PhD thesis awarded 'summa cum laude'
Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany