Education
2014 PhD in Neuroscience (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Tuebingen, Germany
2008 MSc in Life Sciences and Technology, EPFL, Switzerland
2006 BSc in Life Sciences and Technology, EPFL, Switzerland
Selected Fellowships
2015 Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship (4 years), Wellcome Trust
2014 Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowhip (18 months), Swiss National Science Foundation
2011 Fellowship for Prospective Researchers (18 months), Swiss National Science Foundation
2010 NENS/FENS Stipend for Training Stay. Awake primate auditory fMRI training with Dr. Christopher Petkov, Laboratory of Comparative Neuropsychology, Newcastle University, UK
Honors & Awards
2017
– Travel award, Action on Hearing Loss/Wellcome Trust
– Brain travel award, Guarantors of Brain, UK
2012 Leadership award, Novartis International Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp)
2010 Travel award, Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology (APAN), USA
2009 Graduate student award, International Multisensory Research Forum, New York City, USA
2008 Best neuroscience Master thesis, EPFL, Switzerland
2006 Cluster Consortium award, EPFL, Switzerland
Supervision and mentoring
2019
– Summer research student, A. Bhomick (Psychology, UCL). 1st supervisor
2018
– Undergraduate summer project, M. Clements (Neuroscience, UCL). 1st supervisor
– Speaker, Ear Institute Postdoc meeting
2017-2018
– MSc thesis, S. Bailey (Neuroscience, UCL). 1st supervisor
– MSc thesis, C. Verzat (Bioengineering, EPFL). 1st supervisor
2017
– Research associate (50%), M. Silvestre, UCL
– Speaker and panel member, “What I wish I had known about career-building”, IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School, London, UK
2016 Speaker, Ear Institute Careers Day, London, UK
2009 L. Veit, MSc Neuroscience rotation, University of Tuebingen