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