Career
| Since 11/2023 | Assistant Professor for Translational Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich Attending Physician, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Zurich |
| 2023 | Sidney Farber Principal Investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) |
| 2022 – 2023 | Instructor, Harvard Medical School (HMS) |
| 2016 – 2022 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow Stegmaier Lab (PI Stegmaier), Pediatric Oncology, DFCI |
| 2012 – 2016 | Physician Scientist, Department of Hematology (Prof. M. Manz), University Hospital Zurich |
| 2009 – 2012 | Physician Scientist, Department of Internal Medicine (Prof. H. Döhner), Ulm University Hospital |
| 2010 | Thesis (Dissertation), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU) |
| 12/2008 | MD, Technical University of Munich (TUM) |
Most important memberships
- International Society of Experimental Hematology (ISEH)
- Swiss Society of Medical Oncology (SSMO)
- Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS)
- American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
- American Society of Hematology (ASH)
- Swiss Society of Hematology (SGH-SSH)
- European Hematology Association (EHA)
- German Society of Hematology/Oncology (DGHO)
- German Society for Mountain and Expedition Medicine (BExMed)
Research focus
- Inflammation in hematopoiesis and hematopoietic stem cell diseases (CHIP, CCUS, MDS, AML)
- Biology of bone and soft tissue sarcomas with a focus on inflammatory signaling
- Target detection and precise oncology
- Tumor environment
- Drug resistance
Publications
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- 2024 EHA Physician-Scientist Research Grant
- 2024 The Rally Foundation Independent Investigator Award
- 2023 American Society of Hematology Scholar Fellow to Faculty Award
- 2023 Sidney Farber Scholar Independent Investigator Award
- 2021 Helen Fellow of the Helen Gurley Brown Presidential Initiative at DFCI
- 2020 Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation Emerging Investigator Fellowship
- 2019 Lady Tata Memorial Trust International Award
- 2016 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Advanced Post-doctoral Mobility Scholarship
- 2015 Swiss Cancer Research fellowship (rejected in favor of the SNSF fellowship)
- 2013 Scholarship from the Hanne Liebermann Foundation, Zurich
- 2010 Promotion as Physician-Scientist by the University of Ulm
- 2007 Fellow of the Cornell Program, Faculty of Medicine, TUM, Munich (two students selected per year)
- 2005 Fellow of the DFG Graduate School Oligonucleotides in Cell Biology and Therapy, LMU, Munich
- 2005 Scholarship holder of the mentoring program for the most talented students, TU Munich
- 2002 Merit scholarship for the most talented graduates in the state of Bavaria (top 1%)
- 2002 Prize of the Association of German Biologists for undergraduate research work in neurobiology