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After graduating from Lübeck University, I started my career in the Center for Space Medicine in Charité University Berlin, where I was involved in Space Medicine and Dinosaur Research projects. The next step was Cologne University Hospital: I completed Basic Training in Trauma Surgery. This was followed by three years in the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), serving as “Head Medical Doctor” for bedrest studies, and exploring musculoskeletal adaptation in several large international research studies. I completed my residency in Physiology at DLR in 2014, became an Emergency and Sport Physician. In addition, I will finish my residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at RWTH Aachen University Hospital in Germany soon.

Medical specialisation:

  • 01/2014: Physiology (Fachärztin für Physiologie)
  • 09/2014: Sport Medicine (Zusatzbezeichnung Sportmedizin)
  • 07/2015: Emergency Medicine (Zusatzbezeichnung Notfallmedizin)

Explanation: In Germany, Physiology is a medical residency just like Surgery or Internal Medicine. Sport and Emergency Medicine are shorter additional trainings and can be completed in addition to a full residency.

Academic appointments:

  • Since 02/2019: Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Healthcare Science, United Kingdom
  • 11/2014 – 1/2019: RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Aachen, Germany
  • 9/2011 – 8/2014: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne, Germany
  • 5/2009 – 4/2011: Cologne University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Cologne, Germany
  • 4/2008 – 2/2009: Charité Berlin, ZWMB (Center for Space Medicine Berlin), Berlin, Germany

Education:

  • 2007: Dr. med. (dissertation), Lübeck University, Germany
  • 2003 – 2007: MD, clinical part of Medical School, Lübeck University, Germany
  • 2001 – 2003: Theoretical part of Medical School, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
  • Time abroad: bush hospital in Australia, Tauranga hospital in New Zealand and student at University of Sydney, Australia

Space research responsibilities:

  • Co-I: NASA/ESA bed-rest study testing artificial gravity (scheduled for 2019)
  • Head Medical Doctor ESA bed-rest study MEP 2011/2012
  • Co-I: ESA bed rest study NUC 2010/2011
  • European Commission FP7 project “Planetary Habitat Simulation” (acronym: PlanHab) 2012/2013
  • Member of Advisory Group Finnish Center of Excellence in Research for Sustainable Space 2018-2025