Curriculum Vitae
Education and Certification
- 2018 – 2021 Master’s degree of Science in Biological Oceanography,
Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, Germany
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
Master’s thesis:
Revealing the potential prey spectra of three cetaceans through cephalopod
environmental DNA analysis
Supervisors: Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reusch - 2014 – 2018 Bachelor’s degree of Sciences in Biology,
Major in Animal and Plant Sciences,
University of Basel, Switzerland - 2011 – 2014 Vocational school for veterinary assistants
Berner Berufsfachschule für medizinische
Assistenzberufe be-med Bern, Switzerland
Certificate of proficiency (Swiss standards)
Valedictorian of the Canton of Bern 2014 - 2009 – 2010 Work and Study language training program in Vancouver, Canada
International House Language School Vancouver, Canada
English language diploma: Cambridge Advanced Certificate - 2005 – 2009 Grammar school
Gymnasium Oberaargau in Langenthal, Switzerland
Graduation diploma with major in Biology and Chemistry - 2003 – 2005 Secondary school
Kreuzfeld in Langenthal, Switzerland - 1997 – 2003 Elementary school
Kreuzfeld in Langenthal, Switzerland
Work Experience
- 01.2023 – present Research assistant
Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Büsum, Germany - 07.2021 – 12.2022 Full employee
Animal care, aquarium maintenance, and public relations
Aquarium GEOMAR
Kiel, Germany - 11.2019 – 03.2021 Student research assistant
Aquarium GEOMAR
Kiel, Germany - 08.2011 – 07.2014 Vocational education as a veterinary assistant
Tierarztpraxis Stadthof
Wangen an der Aare, Switzerland
Internships/Cruises
- 09.2022 Two-week internship at the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife
Research (ITAW)
Büsum, Germany - 06.2022 Participant in a 5-day scientific cruise on the GEOMAR research vessel
FK “Littorina” (Cruise-ID: L09-22) to sample living marine organisms in
the Baltic Sea for the Aquarium GEOMAR - 05.2022 Participant in a 16-day scientific cruise on the GEOMAR research vessel
RV “Alkor” (Cruise-ID: AL 573) on oceanographic measurements incl.
surveys and sampling of plankton (including fish larvae and jellyfish) and
fish communities in the Baltic Sea - 10.2019 – 11.2019 Four-week internship at Aquarium GEOMAR
Kiel, Germany - 09.2019 Participant in a 13-day scientific cruise on the GEOMAR research vessel
RV “Alkor” (Cruise-ID: AL 528) on oceanographic measurements and
plankton and benthos surveys in the Baltic Sea - 06.2019 Advanced Practical Course in Biological Oceanography (2 weeks)
Localization of Vibrio spp. bacteria and a lysogenic bacteriophage in their
host Syngnathus typhle via in situ hybridization
Research Unit Marine Evolutionary Ecology GEOMAR
Kiel, Germany - 05.2019 Advanced Practical Course in Biological Oceanography (3 weeks)
Host-microbe interactions: Bioprospecting marine symbiosis to solve
man-made challenges
Research Unit Marine Symbioses GEOMAR
Kiel, Germany
Additional Education
- 08.2013 PADI Certificate: Basic Freediver
- 05.2013 PADI Certificate: Open Water Diver
- 08.2003 Youth lifeguard certification of the SLRG (Schweizerische
Lebensrettungs-Gesellschaft)
