ABOUT ME
After studying Biology at the University of Rostock and Imperial College London, I completed a PhD in the Experimental Ecology group of Prof. Paul Schmid-Hempel at ETH Zurich on the bumble bee microbiome. I expanded this line of research during a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Moran Lab at UT Austin and Yale University. Currently I am the Research Leader in Pollinator Biological Chemistry at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. My work is in close collaboration with Prof. Phil Stevenson (RBG Kew) and Prof. Mark Brown at Royal Holloway University of London.
SHORT CV
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecology and Evolution of the Bee Microbiome
2008 - 2012
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
PhD Environmental Sciences
Modulation of Bee Diseases by Gut Bacteria
Role of Pollen & Nectar Chemistry in Bee Health
Pollinator Natural History and Conservation
2006 - 2007
Imperial College London, UK
MSc Avanced Methods in Taxonomy and Biodiversity
2015 - 2021
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Early Career Research Fellow
2013 - 2015
University of Texas at Austin, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dep. of Integrative Biology
2012 - 2013
Yale University, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dep. of Ecology & Evol. Biol.
2021 - present
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Research Leader, Pollinator Biological Chemistry
2003 - 2006
University of Rostock, Germany
Undergraduate Biology studies