Assistant Professor
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
I completed medical school at the University of Wurzburg, Germany, in 2013 and received my doctoral degree in molecular oncology in 2015. In parallel to my medical education, I obtained an MSc degree in Experimental Medicine at the University of Wurzburg (in 2014). During my fellowship at the University Hospital of Wurzburg, I served as a sub-investigator in clinical trials focusing on the prophylaxis and treatment of opportunistic infections in patients with hematological malignancies and received postdoctoral training in experimental mycology and microbial immunology. In 2018, I joined the laboratory of Dr. Kontoyiannis at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to continue my postdoctoral training in experimental and translational mycology. In 2020, I received a research faculty position (Instructor) in MD Anderson’s Department of Infectious Diseases and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2021. My primary research interests are the immunopathology and immunotherapy of fungal infections and inter-kingdom infections, innovative mammalian models and mini-host models of invasive mycoses, and translational research as it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections.