Vita
2017 – 2021
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
- Project PI of ‘The coral microbiome Project’
- ‘Future Ocean‘ DFG Cluster of Excellence Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow at the Marine Symbioses Lab
- CRC 1182 Origin and Function of Metaorganisms Research Fellow
2016 – 2017
Christian-Albrecht University Kiel CAU, Germany
- Postdocotral Fellow at the Institute for Microbiology
- CRC 1182 Origin and Function of Metaorganisms Research Fellow
2012 – 2016
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST, KSA
- PhD Candidate at the Reef Genomics Lab
- Red Sea Research Center
2010 – 2012
Ruhr-University Bochum RUB, Germany
- Junior Research Fellow at the Department for Animal Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity
- SECORE.org – at the Blijdorp Rotterdam Zoo, Netherlands
- Sea Aquarium Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Research Interests
coral reefs, holobiont functioning, microbiome manipulation