Education: Biology studies at the University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany Ph.D. at the Centre for Molecular Neurosciences (ZMNH) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Melitta Schanchner Postdoctoral research in the project "Nanotechnology in Medicine" as part of the State Excellence Initiative (UKE) Scientist and group leader in "Medical Glycobiology" at the research laboratory of the Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery (UKE) The goal of our research is to enhance understanding of glycosylation patterns that occur specifically altered in disease. Glycan structures play a central role in cell–cell interactions and modulate immune system cells in processes of inflammation and carcinogenesis. Current research focuses on the following: -Differential glycosylation in gastrointestinal cancers. -Murine O-GalNAc Glycoproteome of the pancreas and liver. -Impact of differential O-glycosylation on inflammation and carcinogenesis of the pancreas. -Analysis of the genetic mechanisms of Tn antigen formation. -Tn antigen as a target structure for nanoparticulate contrast agents in molecular imaging. -Investigation of T-Synthase, COSMC, and Polypeptide-GalNAc-Transferases in human and murine models.