Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA (Spring 2020)

PhD Chemistry (Specializations: Materials Chemistry and Chemistry Education)

Research Areas:

- Harnessing neutron and X-ray total scattering techniques for analyzing local structure in functional materials

- Influence of metacognitive interventions on self-regulated learning and help seeking in large chemistry university courses

Advisors: James Neilson and Melissa Reynolds

Extracurricular Education

- Short Course "Entering Mentoring" on mentoring undergraduate students. (May – July 2016)

Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria (April 2013)

Master’s program in “Technical Chemistry - Materials Technology and Materials Analytics”

Thesis title “Surface Passivation of Mixed-Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles”

École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées -PARIS TECH, Paris, France (Nov. 16. – 24. 2012)

Participation in the course “Nanotechnologies” as part of the ATHENS-Program

Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Aug. 2011 – May 2012)

Participation in the TASSEP-Program (Trans-Atlantic Science Student Exchange Program):

Exchange Student for one academic year. Research project with Prof. Katharine Plass for my master’s thesis.

(Honors List Recognition for the fall and the spring semester.)

Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy (Mar. 2011 – July 2011)

Participation in the ERASMUS-Program: Exchange Student for one semester

Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy (Jan. 2011 – Feb. 2011)

Participation in the ERASMUS Intensive Language Course (EILC):

Italian Language Course for ERASMUS exchange students

Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria (Dec. 2010)

Bachelor's-Degree in Technical Chemistry