Bio/CV

Work experience

• Heterologous expression and purification of nitrogenase proteins and accessory factors
• Synthetic biology approaches to build simplified nitrogenase systems in E. coli
• Strain engineering, metabolic tuning, and anaerobic workflows
• Bioinformatics, phylogenetics, and sequence-guided protein design
• Development of tools to study cofactor assembly and electron delivery

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• Rapid troubleshooting and optimization of processes
• Design of novel assay concepts for immunological markers
• Validation, documentation, and transfer of assay protocols to production teams

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• Launched and led a new research direction on the connection between metal stress and antibiotic resistance
• Developed biochemical and microbiological assays to investigate metal-resistance mechanisms
• Created Python-based bioinformatics tools for large-scale genomic and phylogenetic analysis
• Prepared grant applications to support the emerging research program
• Supervised and mentored a high school intern and an undergraduate student

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• Investigated copper transport in eukaryotes and copper homeostasis in bacteria
• Expressed, purified, and crystallized challenging membrane proteins; gained experience with automation and high-throughput equipment
• Developed a novel microfluidic assay integrating cell models, membrane proteins, and metal sensors
• Established a new laboratory: coordinated equipment acquisition and negotiations, managed grants, and assisted with personnel recruitment
• Learned and implemented lipidic cubic phase crystallization, created in-house protocols, and initiated collaboration with the local crystallography core facility
• Contributed to lab administration and supervised a PhD student

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• Follow-up on PhD studies work

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Education

Antiporter-like protein subunits of respiratory chain complex I, PhD thesis
in prof. Cecilia Hägerhäll’s group; June 2013. Opponent: prof. Mårten Wikström, Univ. Helsinki

Selected courses: membrane protein crystallography, bioenergetics, optical spectroscopy of biomolecules, principles of project management

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Light regulation of nitrogenase activity and hydrogen production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides, MSc thesis
in prof. Marek Łaniecki’s group

Selected courses: organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, crystallography, analytical chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, spectroscopy   

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Selected courses: advanced biochemistry, structural biochemistry and bioinformatics

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