(* 23. Februar 1978 in Stuttgart; † 23. October 2015 in Mönchengladbach)
2014 Nov.- 2015 Jan.
RWTH Aachen, Germany
Research Project in Group of Lothar Rink
2013 Dec. – 2014 Oct.
Sabbatical (Science is Art)
2013 Oct./ Nov.
Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona
Research Project in Group of Fyodor Kondrashov
2010 Aug. – 2013 Sept.
Institute for Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona
Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (visiting scientist)
PostDoc in Human Population Genomics (with Elena Bosch, Jaume Bertranpetit and Mark Stoneking)
2010, July 22
PhD (Dr. rer. nat), Universität Konstanz: magna cum laude
2007 May –2010 July
(i) Research project in Human Evolution with Elena Bosch, Barcelona, and Mark Stoneking, Leipzig (visiting)
(ii) PhD project in Protein Evolution with Prof. Iwona Adamska, Konstanz (visiting)
2006 March- 2007 April
Universität Konstanz, Germany,
Contract in Protein Evolution Project (Prof. Iwona Adamska)
2005 Nov.- 2006 Feb.
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Internship in Molecular Anthropology (Prof. Mark Stoneking)
2005, July 20
Master of Biological Sciences, Universität Konstanz
2003, Jan. – Sept.
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Academic exchange as DAAD scholarship recipient
1999 – 2005
Universität Konstanz (Germany)
Biology
1999
Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
First Year Courses in Biology with Field Excursions
Teaching Experience
Master Projects: Manu Uzkudun (Bioinformatics, 2011)
Undergraduate Projects: Five summer projects related to gene expression & ionomics (2009-2012)
Teaching in PhD Training Program at IBE (2013 January, Barcelona)
Teaching in “Programming for Evolutionary Biology”: Population Genomics Module (2013 April, Leipzig)
Grants and Awards
PhD Scholarship 3 years (Volkswagenstiftung I/82 750)
PostDoc scholarship 2 years: (Volkswagenstiftung I/85 198)
Youth Award: “Jugendumweltpreis mit Sektion Konstanz des Deutschen Alpenvereins” (2004)
DAAD Undergraduate scholarship for 6-months exchange with University of Guelph, Canada (2002)
Professional Memberships
ISZB – International Society for Zinc Biology
SMBE – Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Attended Meetings, Talks and attended Courses
2014 September The International Society of Zinc Biology Meeting, Monterey, CA, Talk: “Chromosome chaos and the disruption of trace element homeostasis as a unifying theme in cancer”
2014 July Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Volkswagenstiftung, Hannover, Talk: “Evolutionary genomics of trace elements, positive selection and a hypothesis on cancer”
2014 May Biology of Genomes Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. , Poster
2013 November 1st BIB Session, Barcelona. Talk: “A sensitive composite method to detect genomic regions under positive selection in 1000genomes data”
2013 July PRBB Barcelona, Best Speaker Competition, Talk: “Trace Elements as a neglected field of research”
2013 May Biology of Genomes Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. , Poster
2013 May MIT Boston, CSAIL Seminar: “A sensitive composite method to detect genomic regions under positive selection in 1000genomes data”
2012 July 1000 Genomes Project Community Meeting, Michigan. Poster
2012 June SMBE Meeting, Dublin. Talk: “Positive Selection on Genes involved in Zinc Homeostasis in Modern Humans”
2012 May Max-Planck Institute EVA, Leipzig. Talk: “A new composite approach to detect natural selection in 1000 genomes data”
2011 February Leadership Training hfp consulting (Barcelona-Heidelberg) “Leading for Success in Science”
2011 July XI Jornada de Biologia Evolutiva. Barcelona. Talk: “Local Adaptation of Modern Humans to Micronutrient Deficiencies”
2011 November Evolution at the Sea: Third Volkswagenstiftung Status Symposium in Evolutionary Biology; Sylt, Germany. Poster
2009 December International Society for Zinc Biology Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel. Poster
2009 October NGS2009, Next Generation Sequencing Conference. Barcelona, Spain
2009 September Deutsche Botanikertagung, Leipzig, Germany
2009 May 74th Cold Spring Harbor Symposium, Evolution: The Molecular Landscape., N.Y., USA
2008 February Symposium Micro to Macro Evolutionary Change (Volkswagenstiftung, Förderinitiative Evolutionsbiologie). Schloss Velen, Germany
2008 July ESOF EuroScience Open Forum. Barcelona, Spain
2008 June SMBE Meeting 2008, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Barcelona, Spain
2007 September Wellcome Trust Advanced Course: Design and Analysis of Genetic-Based Association Studies. Hinxton Campus, Cambridge (UK)
2007 June SMBE Meeting 2007, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Halifax, Canada
2006 March 4th European School of Bioinformatics. Instituto Gulbenkian, Oeiras, Portugal