Curriculum Vitae

Studies

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1997 to 1998	Biochemistry at the Ruhr-University of Bochum
1998 to 2002	Biochemistry at the University of Leipzig
2002	Diploma in Biochemistry (University of Leipzig) Diploma thesis: 'Sulfonamidopeptide und vinyloge Peptide als Foldamere' [PDF 1442k] (deutsch)

Work

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2002 to 2005	PhD student in the group of Prof. Hofmann, Institut für Biochemie, University of Leipzig 'Sekundärstrukturbildung in Peptiden mit nicht-proteinogenen Aminosäuren'
2005	PostDoc in the group of Prof. Hofmann, Institut für Biochemie, University of Leipzig
2006 to 2007	PostDoc in the group of M. Teresa Pisabarro, Biotechnologisches Zentrum der TU Dresden
2008 to 2010	PostDoc at CAS-MPG PICB Shanghai with Frauke Gräter (Feodor Lynen-fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2009, Feb to Mar	Visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, DMSE, with Alfredo Alexander-Katz
2010	Guest scientist at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
since August 2010	Scientist at Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
since September 2013	Group leader (Ab Initio Biomolecular Simulations) at Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
December 2016	Habilitation, Lehrbefugnis in Biochemie und Theoretischer Chemie, Free University Berlin
since September 2018	Visiting professor (Professurvertretung Theoretische Chemie) at Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut, Universität Leipzig

Teaching

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2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15: Bioorganic Chemistry II for Master Students in Chemistry at Freie Universität Berlin

2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018: Organizer of a series of Hands-On DFT Summer Schools at international locations and under various funding schemes

2015/16: Atombau und chemische Bindung (Physikalische Chemie II) for Bachelor Students in Chemistry at Freie Universität Berlin

2017/18: Density-Functional Theory for Master Students in Chemistry at Freie Universität Berlin

Awards

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2008	Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2010	'Nachwuchsförderpreis' of the German Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis for work on the protein mechanics of von Willebrand factor
2010	JTH Mannucci Award for best article in 2009 by a young investigator Baldauf et al.: Shear-Induced Unfolding Activates von Willebrand Factor A2 Domain for Proteolysis J. Thromb. Haemost. 2009 (7), 2096-2105. pdf