Focus of research
- Digital imaging of biological and paleontological specimens
- Functional morphology of insects
- Biomimetics
Professional curriculum
2016- Project Leader for Research Area Life Science
2015- Head of IPS BioLab
2013- Deputy Group Coordinator - Imaging Group
2010- Scientist at KIT’s Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation
2008-2009 Scientist (Trainee) at the Department of Entomology of the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe
Education/Qualifications
2011 PhD (Dr. rer. nat) at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2007 Diplom (diploma degree; equivalent to a master's degree) in Biology at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Prizes/Fellowships
2013 Ingrid Weiss/Horst Wiehe Award of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology
2004 „Animago Award“ in the category Home/Still/Animals