Bioinformatician and Data Scientist

• Jan 2022 - Present

Bioinformatician and team leader

• Jun 2020 - Jan 2022

After having worked primarily as a bioinformatician for 5 months at PathoNext, I have taken the full leadership of the NGS laboratory and the bioinformatics section of the company in December 2020. Since then, I have been heading a highly motivated and international group of scientists and technical assistants, focusing on (Illumina) DNA sequencing for the fields of Molecular Pathology, Human Genetics, Oncology and Immunogenetics. My team and I have established new partnerships, expanded the company’s portfolio as well as improved compliance and quality management systems. Show less

Data Scientist

• Jan 2020 - May 2020

After many years in academia, this was my first leap into the private sector. Here I worked with an interdisciplinary team of data scientists aiming at exploring and applying data-driven methods into innovative industrial fields. After many years in academia, this was my first leap into the private sector. Here I worked with an interdisciplinary team of data scientists aiming at exploring and applying data-driven methods into innovative industrial fields.

Professor Assistant and Postdoc Scientist

• Jan 2014 - Dec 2019

Here I worked as a computational & evolutionary biologist with focus on data science and bioinformatics in the University of Ulm. Apart from teaching (bioinformatics, genetics, ecology, zoology and statistics),I supervised and worked directly on research projects that tackled wild-life genomics, disease transmission models, next-generation DNA sequencing, analysis of large datasets and data-mining. Here I worked as a computational & evolutionary biologist with focus on data science and bioinformatics in the University of Ulm. Apart from teaching (bioinformatics, genetics, ecology, zoology and statistics),I supervised and worked directly on research projects that tackled wild-life genomics, disease transmission models, next-generation DNA sequencing, analysis of large datasets and data-mining.

Scientific Coordinator

• Jun 2012 - Nov 2013

Here I worked as a lecturer and scientific coordinator of a medium-sized workgroup, focusing on Immunogenetics, data mining, bioinformatics and statistics. The workgroup is dedicated to MHC, transplant, miscarriage and cancer research. The lab also genotypes stem cell donors for the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Here I worked as a lecturer and scientific coordinator of a medium-sized workgroup, focusing on Immunogenetics, data mining, bioinformatics and statistics. The workgroup is dedicated to MHC, transplant, miscarriage and cancer research. The lab also genotypes stem cell donors for the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Feb 2010 - Jun 2012

At this position, I was the scientific coordinator of the network project “Olfactory choice of partners – immune system, smell receptors and their adaptive importance for mammal health”. Besides of networking with multiple collaborators, my tasks included experiment design, the interpretation of large data sets, statistics, data science, next generation DNA sequencing and others. At this position, I was the scientific coordinator of the network project “Olfactory choice of partners – immune system, smell receptors and their adaptive importance for mammal health”. Besides of networking with multiple collaborators, my tasks included experiment design, the interpretation of large data sets, statistics, data science, next generation DNA sequencing and others.