Biografie
Work Experience
Since 2022: Senior Research associate (Post-Doc Fellow)
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - Music
CC Music Performance Research
Project: Music, Mood and Movement in Parkinson’s
2019-2021 Senior Research associate (Post-Doc Fellow)
North-West University of Potchefstroom, South Africa
Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART)
Identification of Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension- The African-PREDICT study
The Exercise, Arterial Modulation and Nutrition in Youth South Africa Study- The EXAMIN Youth SA
2015-2019 Senior Research associate (Post-Doc Fellow)
University of Basel, Switzerland
Department of Sport, Exercise and Health (DSBG)
Sports Medicine and Systems Physiology
PhD Project: Association of physical fitness, body composition and blood pressure with vascular and pulmonary health in primary school children - The EXAMIN YOUTH Study
2014-2015 Traineeship/Scientific research fellow:
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Institute: Epidemiology, biostatistics and preventive medicine (SPLASHY study)
Master Thesis: Effect of a physical activity program on preschooler’s motor skills: The „SPLASHY HOPPS“ intervention
Education
2015-2019 PhD program within the Educational Platform for Health Sciences
University of Basel
Department of Sport, Exercise and Health (DSBG)
Sports Medicine and Systems Physiology
2013-2015 Master program
Human Movement Sciences
Major in Exercise Physiology
ETH Zürich
Department of Health Sciences and Technology
2009-2013 Bachelor program
Human Movement Sciences
Department of Health Sciences and Technology
ETH Zürich
Director of Studies: Prof. Dr. med. Christina Spengler Walder
Teaching activities
Lecturer in «Cardiovascular diagnostics», Department of Sport, Exercise and Health (DSBG), Preventive Sports Medicine and Systems Physiology, University of Basel
Lecturer of «Hands on - exercise and vascular physiology», Department of Sport, Exercise and Health (DSBG), Preventive Sports Medicine and Systems Physiology, University of Basel
Lecturer of «Sports and exercise physiology», Department of Sport, Exercise and Health (DSBG), Preventive Sports Medicine and Systems Physiology, University of Basel
Awards
- Nominated for the Young Investigator Award at EuroPrevent 2018
- Prize winner of the Young Investigator Award at DeGAG
(German Speaking Society of Arterial Stiffness) Congress 2017
- Nominated for the Young Investigator Award at EuroPrevent 2017