Curriculum Vitae

Current Position
December 2016 – PresentAssistant Professor:
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
Previous positions
Sept 2015 – Dec 2016Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow:
Faculty of Biology, Genetics Section,
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany,
Medical Faculty, Institute for Medical Psychology, Molecular Chronobiology,
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Aug 2014 – Aug 2015Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellow:
Medical Faculty, Institute for Medical Psychology, Molecular Chronobiology,
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Aug 2012 – Jul 2014Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellow:
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Entomology,
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Apr 2011 – Jul 2012Postdoctoral researcher:
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Entomology,
The Pennsylvania State University, USA

 

PhD Biology
Oct 2006 – Jan 2011Molecular Microbiology, Biology Department, Beta Faculty,
Utrecht University, the Netherlands (with Prof. Dr. H.A.B. Wösten)
MSc Biology
Sep 2004 – Sep 2006Biomolecular Sciences Prestige Master Program
Biology Department, Science Faculty,
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Minor Research Project:
Microbiology Unit, Biochemistry Department,
University of Oxford, UK (with Prof. Dr. David Sherratt)
Major Research Project:
Molecular Microbiology, Biology Department, Science Faculty,
Utrecht University, the Netherlands (with Dr. A.M. Levin and Dr. R.P. de Vries)
BSc Biology
Sep 2001 – Aug 2004Biology Department, Science Faculty,
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
2018
2018-2019UCF Office of Research and Commercialization VPR AECR
2015Friedrich Baur Stiftung Grant
2015-2016Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Scholars
2014Fully funded Crowdfunding Project on Experiment.com
2013Genetics Society of America DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics
2013The Pennsylvania State University Post Doctoral Award
2012-2013The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Shared Technology Facilities Pilot Projects
2012-2015Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships
2005Prestige Master Biomolecular Sciences Travel Grant

 

Invited presentations

2018
  • 11th International Mycology Congress, IMC11 (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
  • Rice University, BioSciences (Houston, TX USA)
  • University of North Florida, Biology (Jacksonville, Florida USA)
2017
  • University of Florida, Microbiology and Cell Science (Gainesville, Florida USA)
  • XXIII Simpósio de Mirmecologia: an international ant meeting, plenary speaker (Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)
  • Distinguished Speaker Series, UCF College of Sciences (Orlando, FL USA)
  • Microbiology Society Meeting, Microbial Cell and Circadian Rhythms Symposium, (Edinburgh, UK)
 2016
  • University of Central Florida, Department of Biology, (Orlando, FL USA)
  •  Yale University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (New Haven, CT USA)
  •  University of Cincinnati, Department of Biological Sciences (Cincinnati, OH USA)
 2015
  •  University of Edinburgh, UK Clock Club (Edinburgh, UK)
  •  University of Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, Germany)
  • University of Cambridge, Genetics Department (Cambridge, UK)
  • Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg (Marburg, Germany)
2014
  • University of Nottingham, School of Life Sciences (Nottingham, UK)
  • Boston Mycological Club (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Biocentre (Munich, Germany)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Institute for Medical Psychology (Munich, Germany)
  • SICB meeting – Parasites and Links to Host Phenotype Workshop (Austin, Texas, USA)
  • SICB Meeting - Parasitic Manipulation of Host Phenotype Symposium (Austin, Texas, USA)
 2013
  • Utrecht University, Molecular Microbiology (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
  • Spotlight Meeting, Leiden University (Leiden, the Netherlands)
  • Senckenberg LOEWE Excellence Cluster in Integrative Fungal Research (Frankfurt am Main, Germany, video conference)
 2012
  • Erskine College, Biology (Due West, South Carolina, USA)
  • Laser Tech Applications Event, LCM Workshop (Greensboro, North Carolina, USA)
  • Workshop Parasitic Control of Animal Behaviour, The Pennsylvania State University (State College, Pennsylvania, USA)
 2011
  • Erskine College, Biology (Due West, South Carolina, USA)
  • North Carolina State University, Biological Sciences (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA)
  • 8thKluyver Centre Symposium for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation (Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands)
 2010
  • Ruhr Universität Bochum, Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik (Bochum, Germany)
  • IMC9 (Edinburgh, UK)
2009
  • Carl Zeiss Microdissection Workshop (Munich, Germany)
  • 6thKluyver Centre Symposium for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation (Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands)

Contributed presentations

2015
  • 11th VAAM Symposium “Molecular Biology of Fungi” (Berlin, Germany)
  • University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • LMU-Harvard Young Scientists’ Forum, From Molecules to Organisms VII (Munich, Germany)
2014
  • Harvard, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
 2013
  • 14thCongress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • 27thFungal Genetics Conference (Asilomar, California, USA)
  • CIDD seminar, The Pennsylvania State University (State College, Pennsylvania, USA)
  • MAPS meeting, The Pennsylvania State University (State College, Pennsylvania, USA)
 2011
  • 26thFungal Genetics Conference (Asilomar, California, USA)
 2010
  • IMC9 (Edinburgh, UK)
 2009
  • 3rd International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • 3rd International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (Lisbon, Portugal)