03/2009 - 08/2012

Doctoral studies in Chemistry (Dr.rer.nat) with special focus on biochemistry and analytical chemistry at the Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck

01/2009 - 08/2012

Doctoral thesis on lipid metabolism (supervisor: Univ. Prof. Dr. Ernst Werner) at the Division of Biological Chemistry, Innsbruck Medical University

11/2007 - 12/2008

Diploma thesis on fatty aldehyde metabolism (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ernst Werner) at the Medical University of Innsbruck

2002 - 2008

Studies of chemistry at the Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck

since 09/2016

Research group leader, Human Genetics Division (Head: Prof. DDr. Johannes Zschocke), Medical University Innsbruck

09/2015 - 08/2016

Erwin Schrödinger fellow - return phase, Division of Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck

09/2014 - 08/2015

Senior Post-Doctoral fellow Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

09/2012 - 08/2014

Post-Doctoral fellow with Prof. Markus Ralser, Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

FWF stand-alone Grant (2020 – ongoing)

Lipid peroxidation as driver of cardiolipin remodeling

FFG Bridge – Young Scientists Grant (2020 – ongoing)
Establishing tissue-specific cell models with culture medium additives

MUI-Start Project from the Medical University Innsbruck (2016 - 2018)
Nutrition dependent reconfiguration of the mitochondrial cardiolipidome in mice

Cooperation-project from the “Jubiläumsfond” of the Innsbruck Universities (2016- 2017)
Pharmacological stabilisation of fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase as a novel treatment strategy for the Sjögren Larsson Syndrome

FWF Schroedinger Fellowship (2012 - 2016) 

Post-doc fellowship at the Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge Systems Biology Center (University of Cambridge, UK)

TWF-Project (2011-2012)
Investigations in the reaction mechanism of fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase using deuterated substrates

ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences) PhD DOC fellowship (2010-2012)
Enzymology of long chain aliphatic aldehyde metabolism in mammalia

2009-13

Pro Scientia Scholarship program

2009

“GÖCH Diploma Thesis Award” of the Austrian Chemical Society

2011-12

“DOC-fellowship” of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

2011

“EMBO short term fellowship” 3 months research stay at the University of Bergen, Norway, funded by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

2012

"Best oral presentation award” at the 4th Life Science Meeting of the Innsbruck Univ.

2013

“PhD thesis Award of the Jury of the Award of Excellence” of the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck

2013

“GÖCH Doctoral Thesis Award” of the Austrian Chemical Society

2015

“Sanofi-Aventis Award 2015 for Keller et al. 2014 Nat. Comms.” From Sanofi-Aventis GmbH

2016

“Best Poster Award” from the German Society for Human Genetics

2016

“Best Poster Award” from the Barth Syndrome Foundation