Honors & Awards
Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award
honor dateJun 2019 honor issuerJohns Hopkins University
honor descriptionJohns Hopkins University career award | $75,000 funding for pilot studies on mitochondrial inter-organelle communication | project start: 09/2019
e:Bio - Innovation Competition Systems Biology
honor dateMar 2012 honor issuerGerman Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
honor description1.32 Million € funding awarded over five years for junior research group | BMBF #0316191 | project start: 03/2012
2006 ‘Summa cum laude’ for PhD dissertation
honor date2006 honor issuerFaculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences, RWTH Aachen University
‘Springorum Medaille’
honor date2004 honor issuerFaculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences, RWTH Aachen University
honor descriptionAwarded for graduation with highest distinction (Biology Diploma, equiv. BSc + MSc)
Erasmus Socrates Scholarship
honor dateMar 2002 honor issuerEuropean Union (EU)
honor description6-month research internship at the Dept. of Molecular Cell Physiology, Free University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands