- Hands-on knowledge of installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and qualification analytical instruments and respective software
- Used to working in regulated environments
- Lab and quality management know-how
- Background in analysis of plant metabolites and MS-based structure elucidation
- Teaching and mentoring experience
| since 2018 | Field service engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific Germany – Service for Thermo´s Exploris, Exactive and TSQ II series mass spectrometers as well as Ultimate and Vanquish LC systems – Mentor for TSQ II series, U3000, Vanquish, Empower and RPG based qualification – Thermo Certified Pharma Field Service Engineer – Chromeleon proficiency and MD trained – Trained on TSQ series I and EASY-nLCs |
2015-2018 | Field service engineer at Waters Germany – Designated field service engineer for a global key account – Profound experience with Alliance HPLC, Aquity UPLC and Agilent HPLC instruments – Certified for Waters Xevo triple quads and legacy quad systems – Trained on clinical mass spectrometers and environmental LCMS applications |
2007-2013 University of Bayreuth | Research associate and lecturer – Operation of the GC-MS and LC-HRMS analytical platforms and the associated computer infrastructure -MS-based structure elucidation of plant metabolites |
2006-2006 Institute of Genetics, TU München | Postdoctoral researcher – Elucidation of the biosynthesis of phytoanticipins in maize – Protein purification and characterization – Development of enzyme assays and the accompanying HPLC methods |
2003-2006 Biomolecular Food Technology, TU München | Postdoctoral researcher – Recombinant production of aroma compounds – GC-MS and LC-MS analysis of plant secondary metabolites |
| 2000-2003 TU München, Ph. D. | Doctoral studies – Thesis: “Classification, Identification and Detection of Toxigenic Moulds” (“magna cum laude”) – Postgraduate studies in biotechnology |