CV
Research Projects
Doctorate
As of Apr 2024My doctoral work aims to elucidate mechanisms of allostery within protein structures using a combination of NMR, statistics and machine learning techniques.
Supervisors: Prof. Roland Riek, Prof. Gisbert Schneider
Key skills: structural biology, machine learning, Python
Master's thesis
Feb 2023 - Jun 2023"Investigating the Impact of Molecular Complexity on Predictive Model Performance"
Supervisors: Dr. Clemens Isert, Prof. Gisbert Schneider
Key skills: Python, machine learning, cheminformatics
Semester project
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023"Chemical shift transfer: an effective strategy for protein NMR assignment with ARTINA"
Supervisors: Dr. Piotr Klukowski, Prof. Peter Güntert, Prof. Roland Riek
Key skills: Python, Bash scripting, machine learning, protein NMR
Published as an Original Research article in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Bachelor's thesis
Sep 2021 - Jan 2022"Oligoproline-Based Receptors for Carbohydrate Recognition"
Supervisors: Dr. Mao Li, Prof. Helma Wennemers
Key skills: SPPS, small-scale chemical synthesis, ITC, UV/VIS titration, NMR
Semester project
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021"Directed Evolution of an Aldolase for Abiological Reactions of Industrial Interest"
Supervisors: Dr. Xavier Garrabou Pi, Prof. Donald Hilvert
Key skills: PCR, directed evolution, enzymatic reactions, LC-MS, NMR
Employment
Doctoral Candidate
As of Apr 2024Scientific employee
Sep 2023 - Mar 2024BioNMR research group, Institute of Molecular Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich
Full-stack developer working towards the "Initiative for Primary Bio-NMR Open Research Data" as part of the ETH Open Research Data programme (Explore call 1)
Teaching assistant
Feb 2020 - Jun 2023Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich
Independent preparation and leading of tutorials for first-year students on the course “Mathematical Foundations II: Linear Algebra and Statistics” by Prof. M. Auer each spring semester, over a period of four years
Awards
VCS Helping Hand Award
Dec 2023Presented for outstanding services to the student body
Highest GPA of year, Matura
Sep 2018Gold medal, Swiss Biology Olympiad
Mar 2018Education
MSc ETH Interdisciplinary Sciences (with distinction)
Feb 2021 - Nov 2023ETH Zurich
Major in chemistry and biology
Key topics: structural biology, computational methods in chemistry & biology
GPA 5.75/6.00
BSc ETH Interdisciplinary Sciences
Sep 2018 - Mar 2023ETH Zurich
Biochemical-physical disciplinary direction
Key topics: biochemistry, chemical biology
GPA 5.59/6.00
Matura
Nov 2012 - Sep 2018Kantonsschule Limmattal
Major in biology and chemistry
GPA 5.81/6.00