Inspiring and educating the next generation of scientists is a personal mission of mine. Therefore, I aim to participate as much as possible in diverse university courses, student supervision and non-university education. Besides the leadership of my lab I hold a lecturership (Lehrauftrag) at the Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen at the Institute for Insect Biotechnology. Here, my teaching activities are divided in two major fields. In my basic zoological module I teach the fundamentals of entomology covering insect evolutionary systematics, physiology and ecology. In the other field, I teach more translational subjects such as biomedical and bioeconomy aspects of venom and several biotechnology tools that can be applied to foster sustainability.
Supervised ECRs
PhD students
03/2023-Current: M.Sc. Lennart Schulte (Functional and chemical venom variation in European vipers)
03/2023-Current: M.Sc. Josephine Dresler (Biology and translational use of spider venom enzymes)
11/2022-Current: M.Sc. Ludwig Dersch (Venomics of hematophagous and vector insects)
03/2021-Current: M.Sc. Sabine Hurka (Venomics and venom biodiscovery of myrmicine ants)
M.Sc. students
09/2022-03/2023: Lennart Schulte (Venomics and venom bioactivity of blunt nosed vipers, genus Macrovipera)
09/2022-02/2023: Hanna Dambeck (Development and optimisation of a heterologous expression strategy for cysteine-rich arthropod toxins)
12/2021-10/2022: Ludwig Dersch (Bioactivity profiling of wolf spider venom peptides)
B.Sc. students
None
Other
01/2023-03/2023: Cleo A. Rosza (Hessentechnikum internship)
10/2022-12/2022: Laura Horn (Hessentechnikum internship)
University Teaching
WS2022/23
Module: Sustainable Plant Protection at Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen M.Sc. Sustainable Transition
Main Lecturer with Dr. Thomas Degenkolb (JLU), 5/12 lectures and seminars
SS2022
Module: Entomologische Bestimmungsübungen at Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen B.Sc. Agrarwissenschaften, B.Sc. Umweltmanagement
Main Lecturer with Dr. Antje Steinbrink (JLU), 7/12 lectures and practicals
Module: Ringvorlesung Bioressourcen at Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen B.Sc. Nachwachsende Rohstoffe und Bioressourcen
Co-Lecturer, One lecture about venom in biomedicine
SS2018
Module: Geländeübungen at Technical University of Braunschweig B.Sc. Geoökologie
Teaching Assistant in practicals
WS2016/17
Module: Grundlagen der Zoologie at Technical University of Braunschweig B.Sc. Biologie
Teaching Assistant in practicals
Module: Zoologische Großexkursion at Technical University of Braunschweig B.Sc. Biologie, M.SC. Biologie, B.Sc. Geoökologie
Teaching Assistant in zoological excursion into the pyrenees (one week)
WS2015/16
Module: Grundlagen der Zoologie at Technical University of Braunschweig B.Sc. Biologie
Teaching Assistant in practicals
Module: Zoologische Großexkursion at Technical University of Braunschweig B.Sc. Biologie, M.SC. Biologie, B.Sc. Geoökologie
Teaching Assistant in zoological excursion into the pyrenees (one week)