CV

Professional experience

• Postdoctoral researcher
  01/2023 - 02/2026
  Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
  Institute of Geosciences
  Department Sediment and Isotope Geology
  Supervisor: Prof. Adrian Immenhauser
  Studying the phylogeny of Mesozoic coleoids, in particular belemnites, including geochemical approaches

• Collection assistant
  10/2021 - 12/2022
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Palaeontological Institute and Museum
  Database management, preparations for subsequent move of collections
  Short research project on Triassic cephalopods (orthoceratoids and coleoids) from Switzerland

• Technical assistant
  01/2021 - 09/2021
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Palaeontological Institute and Museum
  Segmentation of CT scan data for 3D reconstruction

• PhD student
  11/2016 - 12/2020
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Palaeontological Institute and Museum
  Supervisor: Prof. Christian Klug
  Stuying phylogeny and palaeobiology of early Palaeozoic “nautiloid” cephalopods

• Collection assistant
  12/2014 - 10/2016
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Palaeontological Institute and Museum
  Database management, various tasks in the collections

Education

• PhD in Evolutionary Biology
  11/2016 - 10/2021
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Palaeontological Institute and Museum
  Thesis: Evolution and Palaeobiology of early cephalopods (Nautiloidea)
  Supervisor: Prof. Christian Klug

• MSc in Biology, Palaeontology
  01/2015 - 02/2016
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Palaeontological Institute and Museum
  Thesis: Body size evolution in orthoconic cephalopods from the late Silurian and Devonian of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco)
  Supervisor: Prof. Christian Klug

• BSc in Biology
  09/2010 - 12/2014
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Minor: Earth System Sciences

Grants

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Research Grant 585706029
  04/2026
  Funding for two years for project “3D-geochemistry of cephalopod cameral deposits – a new Paleozoic carbonate archive?”

• GSA International Travel Grant
  10/2022
  Financial contribution to participate at the GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA

• Travel Bursary
  09/2022
  Financial contribution to participate at the International Symposium on Cephalopods Present and Past in London, United Kingdom

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Project 200020_169627
  09/2016
  Co-authored proposal for own PhD project “Evolution and Palaeobiology of early cephalopods (Nautiloidea)”, granted to Prof. Christian Klug

Prizes

• Tilly Edinger Award
  09/2025
  Awarded for outstanding research achievements in palaeontology by a young researcher

• 3^rd place Best Poster Award
  09/2023
  Awarded at the Annual Meeting of the German Palaeontological Society (Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft) in Jena, Germany

• Swiss Commission of Palaeontology Prize
  11/2022
  Awarded for the best talk of a young researcher at the Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2022 in Lausanne, Switzerland

• Distinction for Excellent Dissertation
  02/2022
  Awarded by the Faculty of Science of the University of Zurich (given to the top ca. 5% of dissertations)

Voluntary academic activities

• MolluscaBase Editor
  09/2025 - present
  https://www.molluscabase.org
  Taxonomic database, editor for fossil cephalopods

• Reviewer
  Since 2018
  23 manuscripts in 13 journals, including:
  Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; Bulletin of Geosciences; Communications Biology; European Journal of Taxonomy; Fossil Studies; iScience; Journal of Systematic Biology; Nature Communications; Palaeogeography; Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; Palaeontologia Electronica; PeerJ; Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.

Teaching experience

• Ruhr University Bochum, course 176210: Palaeontology
  Fall semester 2023, 2024
  1 ECTS, single lecture of teaching per semester
  Teaching lectures on Ordovician and Devonian

• University of Zurich, BIO 264: Palaeobiology and Evolution of Invertebrates
  Fall semester 2017, 2019
  6 ECTS, 30 teaching hours per semester
  Teaching assistance during one-day field trip and afterwards, advising students preparing their reports, teaching lectures on cephalopod palaeobiology

• University of Zurich, BIO 268: Palaeontological Fieldwork
  Spring semester 2017, 2018, 2019
  6 ECTS, 100 teaching hours per semester
  Teaching assistance in the field, advising students during writing of their reports and afterwards correction of reports

• University of Zurich, BIO 586: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Cephalopods
  Spring semester 2018
  1 ECTS, 5 teaching hours per semester
  Teaching lectures on Palaeozoic nautiloids and early cephalopod evolution

• University of Zurich, ERD 241: Palaeontology
  Spring semester 2017, 2018
  3 ECTS, 10 teaching hours per semester
  Teaching assistance during practicals

Non-academic teaching experience

• Handball instructor and coach
  Seasons 2010/2011 - 2017/2018
  BSC Wettingen/Siggenthal (Switzerland), female youth (age 13-18)
  Board member of club (youth manager) between 2011-2018
  Jugend+Sport licence D
  Two training sessions of 90 minutes per week, plus competitive matches on weekends

Field experience

• Estonia
  2018
  Haarju, Saarema
  Ordovician-Silurian

• Germany
  2022, 2023, 2025
  Bavaria, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia
  Devonian, Permian-Jurassic

• Morocco
  2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
  Tafilalt, Maïder
  Devonian

• Poland
  2024
  Holy Cross Mountains
  Devonian, Carboniferous, Jurassic

• Spain
  2019
  Aragon
  Cambrian-Devonian

• Switzerland
  2017, 2019
  Aargau
  Triassic-Jurassic