| Personal data Nationality Palce of birth Academic degree | German (with a Swiss C permit) Lucerne (Switzerland) Dr. sc. nat. ETH (equivalent to Ph.D.) dipl. math. (equivalent to M.Sc.) |
Present position
2008-... Scientist / biomathematical modeller at the Department of Research, University Hospital Basel.
Education & Training
2005-07 Research associate at Transplantation Virology, Institute for Medical Microbiology, University of
Basel, with Prof. Hans H Hirsch.
Focus: Infection dynamics in immunocompromised transplant patients
2003-05 Post-doctoral fellow with Vincent A. Jansen, Mathematical Biology Collective, Royal Holloway,
University of London, UK. FP6: MEIF-2004-501039, project acronym INTRAHOSTDYN
Focus: Spatial infection dynamics in vivo (metapopulation dynamics) and disease persistence
1998-02 PhD student with Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Integrative Biology, and Paul Schmid-Hempel, Experimental
Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.
1999-2001 Stay at the Friedrich Miescher Institute, Novartis Research Foundation, Basel.
PhD thesis on HIV dynamics in vivo (ETH Diss-No. 14967)
1991-98 Studies in Mathematics, Astronomy & Immunobiology, University of Zurich.
Emphasis on theoretical / quantitative immunology & space biology
1996-97 MSc thesis at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Zurich
1989-91 Matura (GCE A-levels) in economics at AKAD adult evening school, Zurich
1984-88 Apprenticeship in micro electronics at Roche Diagnostics, Rotkreuz
Awards
Research grants from the Novartis Foundation
Stipend from the Ausbildungsstiftung für den Kanton Schwyz
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship of the European Commission
SNF fellowship for prospective researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation
A full CV is available on request.
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In analogy to Keplers 'harmony of the celestical spheres' or little melodic motives frequently used in baroque music, e.g. Bachs beautiful two part inventions, one could 'compose' a melody based on viral load dynamics to bring the otherwise concealed infection processes to the attention of infected individuals.