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e-Mail, Coordinator and Researcher

Academic Education 

  • Studied philosophy/ethics and German, Universities Mannheim and Heidelberg (2004–2012)
  • Degree: First State Examination
  • Ongoing PhD in analytic philosophy/bioethics on the moral consideration of human embryos

Work Experience

  • Research associate and coordinator of the Working Group Gene Technology Report, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité, Berlin (since 2022)
  • Research associate and coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Research Group Gene Technology Report, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin (2017–2021)
  • Scientific Retreat: “On the moral consideration of human embryos in vitro with the example of stem cell research and preimplantation genetic diagnosis”, Brocher Foundation, Geneva (February/March 2019)
  • Research associate in the subproject “Ethical and Societal Challenges within Synthetic Biology” in the research project “MaxSynBio – Max Planck Research Network in Synthetic Biology”, Chair of Systematic Theology II (Ethics), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2019)
  • Coordinator of the International Winter School “Between moral hazard and legal uncertainty. Ethical, legal and societal challenges of gene editing”, Chair of Systematic Theology II (Ethics), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2017/2018)
  • Research associate and coordinator of the project “Bioethics at the interface of research, therapy and commercialisation” in the research network “Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells” (ForIPS), Chair of Systematic Theology II (Ethics), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2014–2017)
  • Lecturer at the Chair of Systematic Theology II (Ethics), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2016)
  • Part-time work at the Duden Dictionary Editorial Office, Bibliographisches Institut Berlin (since 2013)
  • Research assistant in the “Grammar Department”, Institute for the German Language (IDS), Mannheim (2012–2013)
  • Research assistant and student assistant, Chair of Philosophy II, University Mannheim (2007–2013)

Selected Activities

  • Co-authoring and editing of the German translation of the "ISSCR Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation" (fall/winter 2021)
  • Scientific advisory board in the discourse project "GenomEdit" of the FU Berlin (August 2019-January 2021)
  • Academy lectures in Brandenburg Schools on Human Genome Editing (2019)
  • Speaker at the UniStem Day, Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipman Institute, Jena in collaboration with the German Stem Cell Network (March 2016, March 2017, March 2018)

Selected Publications

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