
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY / KTH STOCKHOLM
DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY / STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY
ABOUT ME
I am trained as chemist (Prof. L. W. Kroh / TU) and hold a PhD in biology with specialization in biochemistry (Prof. W. Lockau / HU, Prof. G. Westphal / IASP, Prof. B. Linke / ATB and HU). Thereafter, I was recruited as project leader at the private research institute IASP with focus on applied science. During my employment, I was establishing and managing a laboratory unit for enzymatic, spectroscopic and chromatographic analysis, and acting as Principal investigator / Team leader. In 2017, I moved from Germany to Sweden, starting as post-doctoral scientist and continuing as researcher under Dr. Thomas Crouzier at the KTH. I joined the company Cirqle Biomedical, Denmark, in 2019 as consultant and shareholder. Since 2021, I am permanent researcher at KTH. In the same year, I founded the company USCB Consulting to advise, teach and research. In 2022, I started a part-time job at the Stockholm University as Laboratory Safety Manager. I highly appreciate industrial collaborations, participate in commercial projects and act as safety representative, and interact with undergraduates to support scientific thinking. Teaching of chemistry, biopolymers and risk management on different university levels is an exciting part of my daily diversified working life.

ACADEMIC EDUCATION
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2018 - present
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
RESEARCHER / LECTURER
2001 - 2005
Technical University Berlin, Germany
FOOD CHEMIST · Diploma / State Examination A
1999 - 2001
Technical University Berlin, Germany
CHEMIST · Intermediate diploma
2005 - 2008
Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
PhD FELLOW · Doctor rerum naturalium
Disputation 2014 (magna cum laude)
2017 - 2018
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
POSTDOC FELLOW
2008 - 2017
Institute of Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects affiliated to Berlin Humboldt University (IASP), Germany
RESEARCHER / PROJECT LEADER
temporary Laboratory manager
2022 - present
Stockholm University, Sweden
RESEARCH ENGINEER / LABORATORY SAFETY MANAGER