CURRENT POSITIONS
Since June 2022 | Senior Research Assistant & Lecturer, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health (DSBG), University Basel |
| Since Sept 2022 | Laboratory Lead and Biosafety Officer, Molecular Lab-Facility DSBG, University of Basel |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Influence of acute and chronic exercise on blood composition and the mature/immature immune system in health and disease
Current projects involve the investigation of
- Physical fitness as non-invasive adjuvant for stem cell transplantation
- Acute and chronic exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction – characterizing endothelial dysfunction on a cellular, transcriptomic and proteomic level
- Endothelial dysfunction in glaucoma, hypertension and Post-COVID-19
- The gut microbiome as immunological regulator influenced by exercise training
EDUCATION
| 2024 | Habilitation in Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2013 | PhD Medical Sciences, Medical University of Graz, Austria |
| 2009 | BSc Molecular Biology, University of Graz, Austria |
| 2008 | MSc Environmental System Sciences with the focus on physics, University of Graz, Austria |
| 2008 | Student Exchange Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France |
| 2005/06 | Student Exchange, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA |
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
| 2022 | Higher Education Teaching Certificate, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2021 | GCP Level «Sponsor Investigator», Clinical Trial Unit Basel, Switzerland |
| 2020 | Statistics Course (R), Clinical Trial Unit Basel, Switzerland |
| 2016 | Flow Cytometry Bootcamp, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2014 | Advanced Course in Flow Cytometry, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2011 | International Society for Advancement of Kinanthropometry level 1 certification, Bodymorph Limited, United Kingdom |
PAST POSITIONS
Mai 2020 – April 2022 | Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer University of Basel, Switzerland |
| Sept 2013 – Aug 2019 | Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| Mar 2009 – Mar 2013 | PhD Student Medical University of Graz, Austria |
GRANTS
| 07/2024 – 07/2025 | PI-Project title: «Importance of physical fitness for stem cell mobilization in healthy family donors» Stiftung für Hämatologische Forschung, Universitätsspital Basel, CHF 25’000 |
| 06/2024 – 05/2026 | PI – Project title: «From disease etiology to therapy: Is the gut-eye axis in glaucoma susceptible to exercise treatment?»FAG Basel, Fonds für Lehre und Forschung, CHF 15'000 |
| 10/2023 – 03/2026 | PI – Project title: «High intensity interval training in patients with glaucoma – cellular changes of microvascular endothelial dysfunction»; additional financial support SwissLife Foundation, Fonds für Lehre und Forschung, CHF 10'000 |
| 10/2023 – 03/2026 | PI – Project title: «High intensity interval training in patients with glaucoma – cellular changes of microvascular endothelial dysfunction»; FAG Basel, Fonds für Lehre und Forschung, CHF 20'000 |
| 06/2023 – 05/2024 | PI – Project title: «Post-COVID-19: Can endothelial dysfunction be quantified on a cellular level?», FAG Basel, Fonds für Lehre und Forschung, CHF 16'000 |
| 06/2023 – 12/2023 | Additional funding for Project: «Influence of physical fitness as donor-intrinsic factor on CD34+ graft composition and outcome in the recipient», SwissLife Foundation, CHF 10’000 |
| 09/2022 – 12/2023 | PI – Project title: «Influence of physical fitness as donor-intrinsic factor on CD34+ graft composition and outcome in the recipient», Research Fund University of Basel, CHF 79’773 |
| 06/2021 – 03/2023 | PI – Project title: «Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction – why is exercise training the best medicine?», SwissLife Foundation, CHF 20’000 |
| 11/2020 – 03/2023 | PI – Project title: «Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction – can endothelial dysfunction be improved by exercise training?», FAG Basel, CHF 17'000 |
| 09/2016 – 08/2019 | Co-PI – Project title: «Exercise-induced number and function of circulating stem and progenitor cells – a mechanistic insight to reduce treatment cost in the elderly and obese population», ETH Zurich Research Grant (ETH-43 15-2), CHF 231’400 |
| 08/2010 – 07/2012 | PI - Project title: «Relationship between blood lactate concentration and release of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells into circulation», Young Scientist Scholarship, University of Graz, Austria, 24’000 Euro |
AWARDS
| 2021 | antelope Career Program, Diversity, University of Basel, Switzerland CHF 5’200 |
| 2014 | Wilhelm-Auerswald Price, College of Physicians in Vienna, Austria 1'000 Euro |
| 2013 | University Award of Industries, Graz, Austria 5'000 Euro |
| 2012 | 1st place Poster Award, Congress for Cardiology & Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria, 1’000 Euro |
| 2010 | ÖGAHM Science Award, Graz, Austria 2'000 Euro |
| 2008 | Young Investigator Award at the Fractal Symposium 2008, Locarno, Italy 500 Euro |