Experience

Healthcare Business of Merck

• Germany
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Associate Director - Program Biosample Operations

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Responsible for program biosample operations, strategy, execution and leadership.

• Biosample Operations Lead

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  Leading program level biosample operations of global clinical trials in Oncology, Immunology and Immuno-Oncology, Responsible for biosample feasibility and strategy of global clinical trials, Overseeing Biosample Operations Manager, SME for biosample compliance on program level

• Clinical Trial Biosample Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2019

  Biosample management in international clinical trials (I – IV), Responsible for biosample compliance in clinical trials, Globally overseeing central lab activities and biosample logistics in assigned clinical trials, Informed Consent (ICF) management in assigned clinical trials, Clinical Database Standards expert on consent, Management of CAPAs and (process) audits related to biosamples, Supporting of submissions to regulatory authorities and inspections



Novartis

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead CRA - Neuroscience /MS

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2017

  Training and leadership of CRAs, Study, contracts- and vendor management, Maintenance of critical study documents, Team-Leadership on behalf of the CSM, Monitoring of clinical trials (Phase III & IV)

• CRA - Clinical Research Associate

  • Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Monitoring clinical studies according to international regulations and German health laws (ICH-GCP, AMG, MPG); indication areas in neurology and ophthalmology; assistant to CSMs; management of study sites and personnel; training of investigators and study nurses



Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Graduate Student

  • Sep 2008 - Mar 2014

  Performed research on the mechanism of an effector domain of the accessory toxin MARTX of Vibrio cholerae in the lab of Dr. Karla Satchell. Performed research on the mechanism of an effector domain of the accessory toxin MARTX of Vibrio cholerae in the lab of Dr. Karla Satchell.



Harvard Medical School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 2007 - May 2008

  Researched protein export and disulfide-bond formation in E.coli in the lab of Dr. Jon Beckwith. The research and findings from this project were the basis for master's thesis. Researched protein export and disulfide-bond formation in E.coli in the lab of Dr. Jon Beckwith. The research and findings from this project were the basis for master's thesis.



University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Jul 2006 - Nov 2006

  Researched protein folding and oxidative stress regulation in E. coli in the lab of Dr. Ursula Jakob. Researched protein folding and oxidative stress regulation in E. coli in the lab of Dr. Ursula Jakob.