Education & Certificates

Education

Research focus on enzyme technology, protein engineering and carbohydrate chemistry.
PhD thesis on “Shining new light on enzymatic glycosyl and phosphoryl transfer reactions - Mechanistic insights from structure-function studies and new biocatalytic applications for the synthesis of high-value glycosides” under supervision of Bernd Nidetzky.
Study visit at Ghent University, Belgium.
Graduation with distinction.
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Master thesis on “Aromatic interactions at the catalytic subsite of sucrose phosphorylase: Their roles in enzymatic glucosyl transfer probed with Phe52 → Ala and Phe52 → Asn muteins” under supervision of Bernd Nidetzky.
Study visit at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic.
Graduation with distinction.

Diploma thesis on “Comparison of the cultivation of S. cerevisiae in microbioreactors and bench-scale fermentors” under supervision of Krist V. Gernaey during a study visit at the Technical University of Denmark.
Graduation with distinction.