About me
I am a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in infectious disease research, specializing in vaccine-preventable diseases. I have extensive experience in designing and implementing studies in challenging settings, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. My skills include conducting complex analyses of epidemiological, survey and laboratory data, which contribute to the preparation of comprehensive reports and impactful scientific publications. I am dedicated to advancing public health through evidence-based research.
My research interests encompass infectious diseases, epidemiological methods, immune responses, vaccination strategies, maternal and child health, health disparities and surveillance.
Education
Postgraduate Certificate ‑ Epidemiology
| ongoing
London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, UK
Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer.
nat.) | 2020, date of defense: 28.04.2022
Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg | Saarland
University, Germany
Thesis: Epidemiological and
serological investigations of vaccine‑preventable diseases
and their implications for vaccination policy in the Lao
People’s Democratic Republic
M.Sc. Molecular Biosciences ‑ Infectious
diseases | 2016
Heidelberg University,
Germany
B.Sc. Biology | 2013
University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Research skills
- Epidemiological study design
- Digital data collection (REDCap, Kobotoolbox)
- Project management
- Data analysis
- Scientific writing
- Science communication
- Reproducible research
Data analysis techniques
- Exploratory data analysis
- Logistic regression
- Mixed models
- Survival analysis
- Longitudinal data analysis
- Censored data
- Data visualization
Technical skills
- R (advanced, 7+ years)
- Github (intermediate)
- Stata (intermediate)
- QGIS (intermediate)
- Python (beginner)
- Julia (beginner)