Education

• 2018 – 2023

  Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biology

  Thesis: Defying senescence – The causes of death and the costs of life in Cardiocondyla obscurior ant queens. Supervised by PD. Dr. Jan Oettler and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze

  Universität Regensburg

  Regensburg - Germany

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• 2015 – 2018

  M.Sc. Evolution, Ecology and Systematics

  Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena

  Jena - Germany

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• 2017 – 2018

  International Exchange

  Quantitative Ecology Module in the Faculty of Science

  University of South Bohemia

  České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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• 2008 – 2014

  B.Sc. Biology and B.Sc. Microbiology

  Universidad de los Andes

  Bogotá – Colombia

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• 2011 – 2012

  International Exchange

  Biodiversité Ecologie et Biologie des organismes

  Université Montpellier 2

  Montpellier – France

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Experiences

• 2026 – present

  Junior Group Research Leader

  PI in the DFG funded Research Training Group (GenEvo) Gene Regulation in Evolution: From Molecular to Extended Phenotypes

  Johannes Gutenberg Universität

  Mainz, Germany

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• 2025 – present

  Postdoctoral researcher

  Walter Benjamin DFG funded project: “The Colony Ontogeny”

  Johannes Gutenberg Universität

  Mainz, Germany

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• 2023 – 2024

  Postdoctoral researcher

  DFG funded project: “Ultimate and proximate aspects of spatial learning in an individually foraging social insect”

  Johannes Gutenberg Universität

  Mainz, Germany

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• 2014

  Research Internship

  TAL effector diversity in Colombian strains of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihot

  Institute de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

  Montpellier, France

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Skills