since May 2021: PhD student @ ZFMK
04/2021 – today, University of Bonn, PhD
PhD thesis: “Evolutionary genetics of convergent mimicry color patterns in bumble bees”
Comparative Genomics Insects, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn,
Germany
Supervisor: Dr. Eckart Stolle, Dr. Lars Podsiadlowski
10/2018 - 03/2021, University of Bonn, Master studies
M.Sc. Organismic Biology, Evolutionary Biology, and Palaeobiology
Master thesis: “Phylogenomic analysis of predaceous diving beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga:
Dytiscidae) based on target DNA enrichment data”
Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
Supervisor: Dr. Lars Podsiadlowski, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof
08/2016 - 05/2017, Michigan State University, Bachelor studies
Studies abroad during Bachelor studies, B.Sc. Biology PLUS/International
Laboratory rotation: “Role of trait complexity in the repeatability of evolutionary resurrection”
Adami Lab, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Chris Adami, Dr. Thomas LaBar
Laboratory rotation: “Effect of molecular crowding on DNA in molecular dynamics simulations
with explicit environment”
Feig Lab, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Feig, Dr. Asli Yildirim
10/2014 - 10/2018, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Bachelor studies
B.Sc. Biology International
Bachelor thesis: “The distribution and evolutionary history of iron-sulfur cluster proteins in
prokaryotes”
Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. William F. Martin, Prof. Dr. Laura Rose
