curriculum vitae

Toolset

R: Statistics, Data Analysis, and Aisualization

Python: Data Analysis, Data Science, Pipeline Development and Management with snakemake

Bash, awk: Data Wrangling

markdown,rmarkdown \(\LaTeX\): Reporting, Presentation and Documentation

git, GitHub: Version control and Colaboration

Linux, macOS, Windows, MS Office

Extended IT toolset

Ubuntu Server, MySQL, Nextcloud

Unity, C#: Game Development

Java, Kotlin, Android Studio,Android SDK: Game and Android Development

C++: Arduino, IoT

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop: Design and Typesetting for Print and Web

Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe AfterEffects: Video Editing

Data Science Toolset

• Linear Regression
• Multivariable Regression
• Logistic Regessions
• Optimisation Algorithms and Gradient Descent
• Naive Bayes Classification
• Descriptive Statistics and Probability Theory
• Neural Networks and Deep Learning
• Model Evaluation and Analysis
• A/B Tests
• Tensorflow, Pandas, Numpy, Scikit Learn, Keras, Matplotlib, Seaborn, SciPy, SymPy, Tensorboard

Scientific Skills

Genetic/Genomic Data

• Sequence and Read Processing
• Data Analysis
• Statistics
• Bayesian Methods
• Molecular Biology
• Population Genetics

Wet lab

• NGS library prepartion
• capture enrichment
• DNA quantification

Languages

• German: native
• English: fluent

Work experience

• since 2015 - Data Analyst & Bioinformatician
  • Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) Leipzig
  • statistical modelling and analysis of human genomic data
  • development and management of sequence processing pipelines
• since 2017 - Consortium Member - mitoBench
  • toolkit and database
  • https://github.com/mitobench
• 2010-2016 - Research Assistant
  • Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig
  • Supervisor: Professor Mark Stoneking

Education

• ongoing degree: Ph.D in Human Population History, Leipzig University and MPI-EVA Leipzig, (2019 expected)
• M.Sc. in Bioinformatics, Leipzig University and MPI-EVA Leipzig, 2016
• M.Sc. in Biology, Leipzig University and MPI-EVA Leipzig, 2013
• B.Sc. in Biology, Leipzig University, 2011

Teaching and Supervision

• April 2017 - Lecturer - Core Seminar Week on Genetics IMPRS
  • Leipzig School of Human Origins
  • lecture on: “Human Population History Projects”
• September 2015 - Lecturer - Applied Phylogenetics
  • IMPRS - Leipzig School of Human Origins
  • Workshop: Applied Phylogenetics (Bayesian Inferences using BEAST1.8)
• September 2016 - January 2017 - Research Supervisor - Bachelor thesis: Alexander Hooft van Huysduynen
  • Maastrich University and MPI-EVA Leipzig
  • thesis: “NRY and mtDNA analysis for consideration of the human population history of Bougainville”

Awards

• Best Poster Award at DNA Polymorphisms in Human Populations, Paris
  • http://ecoanthropologie.mnhn.fr/DPHP2016/DPHP2016.htm

Volunteer Engagement

• since March 2018 trained First-Aider at Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
• 2016-2017 PhD representative of the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
• 2016-2017 Vice Spokesperson ProRat (PhD representatives) of Leipzig University
• Bio11erRat Leipzig e.V. - non-profit organisation to preserve the tradition of Studentenfasching in Leipzig
  • 2010-2012 Director
  • since 2008 Member