I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at The University of Queensland (UQ). I have recently obtained my PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia, for my studies in the field of sensory neuropharmacology at the Centre for Pain Research at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience. My PhD research focused on characterizing and developing novel analgesic ion channel inhibitors from venom peptides using behavioral, pharmacological, biochemical, cell-based electrophysiological and high-throughput fluorescence imaging techniques as well as chemical peptide synthesis and bacterial protein expression. Prior to my PhD studies I obtained my graduation as a technical assistant in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics from a technical college in Germany, followed by an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy from the University of Tuebingen, Germany. Thereafter, I gained experience as a Research Assistant in cell-based assays and pharmacology at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia as well as in experimental pain research at the University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, where I worked on TRP channels and other targets involved in cold transduction and orofacial pain.