I started my PhD studies in 2009 in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, the topic of my main interest was the 'Genetic background of complex, psychiatric diseases, mainly heroin dependence and the substitution therapies'. I learned several techniques in DNA, RNA isolation, genotyping (PCR, real-time PCR, OpenArray high-throughput genotyping), electrophoresis (conventional, PAGE, capillary), gene expression, cloning, etc. I also started to take part in the education of medical and dental students from 2012 in Hungarian and English languages (Courses: Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular cell biology). I spent a little bit more than a year during my PhD studies at the Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN, USA) in Dr. Karoly Mirnics lab as a research intern, where I was involved in human gene expression studies using microarray method investigating possible genetic factors in the heritability of depression and suicide. I applied a fibroblast model to investigate expression changes induced by metabolic stress-treatment. I finished my PhD in 2015, parallelly I became an assistant research fellow (2012), then an assistant lecturer (2014) and became even more involved in education at Semmelweis University and partner universities (Pázmány Péter Catholic University). In 2019 I became a senior lecturer.