CV
Education:
| since 12/2024 | Ass.Prof. at the TU Wien, Austria |
| for “Machine learning for sustainable chemistry“ | |
| 01/2022-11/2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the TU Wien, Austria |
| Project: “Computer-aided design of multi-enzyme cascades“ | |
| with Prof. Georg Madsen | |
| 01/2020-01/2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US |
| Project: “Computer-aided design of multi-enzyme cascades“ | |
| with Prof. William H. Green | |
| 10/2016-12/2019 | Doctoral Program Natural Sciences: Chemistry |
| University of Vienna, Austria (Supervisor: Prof. Christian Schröder) | |
| Thesis: “Concepts of solvation dynamics in molecular dynamics simulation” | |
| 08/2018-09/2018 | Visiting scientist at the University of Maryland Balitmore, US |
| Cooperation on ”Prediction of atomic polarizabilities“ | |
| with Prof. Alexander MacKerel | |
| 01/2017-02/2017 | Visiting scientist at the London Imperial College, U |
| Cooperation on ”Atomic polarizabilities of chromophores“ | |
| with Prof. Patricia Hunt | |
| 10/2014-09/2016 | Master of Science: Chemistry |
| University of Vienna, Austria (Supervisor: Prof. Christian Schröder) | |
| Thesis: “Computational solvation dynamics of oxyquinoline linked to trehalose” | |
| 03/2011-07/2014 | Bachelor of Science: Chemistry |
| University of Vienna, Austria (Supervisor: Prof. Christian Schröder) | |
| Thesis: “Inter- and intramolecular vibrations in ionic liquids” | |
| 09/2010-12/2010 | Stay abroad in England and Wales (voluntary work in the social sector) |
| 06/2010 | School leaving examination at BG/BRG Keimgasse, Mödling, Austria |
Awards and Fellowships
| 09/2024 | ERC Starting Grant “Deep learning of chemical reactions” |
| 06/2024 | START Prize of the Austrian Science Fund |
| 08/2022 | Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Poster Award |
| 10/2020 | Award of Excellence of the Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria |
| given annually for the 40 best dissertations in all fields | |
| 10/2020 | Loschmidt Award of the Chemical-Physical Society of Vienna |
| given annually to an excellent doctoral thesis in the field of chemistry and physics | |
| 07/2020 | Karl Schlögl Award of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| given annually to two awardees for an outstanding doctoral thesis in the field of chemistry | |
| 07/2020 | Named Rising Star by MIT in the field of Chemical Engineering |
| 10/2019 | Schrödinger Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund for Postdoctoral Studies |
| 04/2018 | Best oral presentation at the “2nd Advances in Green Chemistry” conference |
| 03/2018 | Selected for the high potential programme “NaturTalente” of the University of Vienna |
| 06/2017 | DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for PhD Studies |
| 06/2017 | Best poster award at the “7th Visegrad Symposium on Structural Systems Biology” |
| 10/2014-09/2016 | Two consecutive years: Excellence scholarship (MSc) of the University of Vienna |
| 03/2011-09/2014 | Three consecutive years: Excellence scholarship (BSc) of the University of Vienna |
| 06/2010 | Ring of Honor (BG/BRG Keimgasse) for outstanding grades at school |
Skills
| Languages | - German (native) |
| - English (excellent in word and speech - TOEFL score 2018: 119/120) | |
| Software | - Unix |
| - Programming in Bash, Python, Cython, Fortran | |
| - Machine-learning (SciKitLearn, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch) | |
| - Gaussian09, Psi4, CHARMM, LATEX, Gnuplot, MDAnalysis | |
| - High performance computing | |
| Outreach | - Engagement in the Young Investigators Academy at TU Wien |
| - Engagement in WoChem (Women in Chemistry) of the University of Vienna | |
| - Board member of POWER, a network for female Postdocs at MIT | |
| Societies | - Chemisch-Physikalische Gesellschaft (CPG) |