Kurzbiographie (Curriculum vitae)
Since 04/2018
Junior Group Leader, Justus Liebig University, Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Department of Applied Entomology / LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Giessen, Germany.
01/2017 – 03/2018
Junior Group Leader, Fraunhofer IME / LOEWE Center for Insect Biotechnology and Bioresources, Giessen, Germany.
10/2014 – 12/2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, Fraunhofer IME / LOEWE Center for Insect Biotechnology and Bioresources, Giessen, Germany.
06/2014 – 07/2014
Postdoctoral Researcher, South Bohemia University, Institute of Parasitology, Budweis, Czech Republic.
04/2012 – 06/2014
Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, Ph.D, South Bohemia University, Institute of Parasitology, Budweis, Czech Republic.
Marie Curie Actions, FP7-PEOPLE, POSTICK (Post-graduate training network for capacity building to control ticks and tick-borne diseases)
- Thesis: Characterisation and functional analysis of defensins from the ticks Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes scapularis
04/2007 – 08/2010
Wellcome Trust Research Associate, University of Edinburgh, Roslin Institute, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine & University of Glasgow, Institute of Comparative Medicine, United Kingdom.
- Topic: Analysis of genetic and antigenic heterogeneity in Turkish populations of the protozoan parasite Theileria annulata and Theileria vaccine component analysis
09/2000 – 06/2005
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) & M.Sc. Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aydin, Turkey.
Academic Distinctions
- Accepted for ProProfessur Mentoring Program Hessen for female scientists, 2022
- Career development grant, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, 2021
- Travel grant, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, 2020
- Selected as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early-Stage Researcher, Ph.D. candidate, 2011
- Nominated as a Welcome Trust Research Associate, 2006
- summa cum laude, honorary degree awarded by Adnan Menderes University, Turkey, 2005