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Synergistic & Networking Activities

 

...as DAAD Lecturer / International Senior Advisor in Indonesia (09/2013-07/2016; selected activities)

  • DAAD PhD Scholarships - Candidate Selection 2014, Nov 2014, Jakarta (Review Board Member)

  • 3rd International Seminar “Strengthening Science & Technology towards the Development of Blue Economy”, University of Riau, Oct 2014, Pekanbaru, Sumatra (Invited Keynote Speaker)

  • European Higher Education Fair (EHEF), Oct 2014, Jakarta (Advisor for the German Representatives)

  • IMAREST Accreditation of the "Marine Science & Technology" study program at the Bogor Agricultural University, Sep 2014, Bogor

  • International Workshop on SPICE III, Sep 2014, Universitas Soedirman, Purwokerto (Invited Speaker)

  • Establishment of the Rectorate Board to promote International Publication Activity of the Scientists at the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Sep 2014, Bogor (Board Member)

  • Delegation Visit by European Commission Representatives to the Bogor Agricultural University, Aug 2014 (Co-Host)

  • SUSTAIN EU-ASEAN Network Meeting, Aug 2014, Bogor (Invited Speaker)

  • Signing of MoU for Collaboration in Research and Education between the Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia, and the Universities of Oldenburg and Jena, Germany, June & July 2014 (Facilitator)

  • EMBRIO Constituting Workshop 2014, March 2014, Bogor (Member of the Organization Committee)

  • Delegation visit of a German Delegation in the context of the BMBF/RISTEK Funding Program to the Bogor Agricultural University, March 2014, Bogor (Facilitator)

  • 1st International TWIN-SEA Workshop “Climate and Societal Change in Coastal Areas in Indonesia and South East Asia”, February 2014, Jakarta (Invited Speaker)

  • Funding by the German Embassy in Indonesia / German Ministry for Research & Education (BMBF) awarded for the organization of the EMBRIO Constituting Workshop, Feb 2014 (Main Applicant & Coordinator)

  • Workshop "10th anniversary of UNSOED – ZMT collaboration in the frame of SPICE", Nov 2013, Purwokerto (Invited Speaker)

  • Meeting of the Deans of the Indonesian University Faculties of Marine Sciences & Fisheries, Nov 2013, Jakarta (Guest)

  • DAAD PhD Scholarship - Candidate Selection 2013, Nov 2013, Jakarta (Review Board Member)

  • Celebration of the 'Tag der Deutschen Einheit’ held by the German Embassy in Indonesia, Nov 2013, Jakarta (Guest)

  • DAAD 'Aceh Scholarships of Excellence' - Candidate Selection, Oct 2013, Banda Aceh (Review Board Member)

  • Editorial Board Member of the scientific journal “Tropical Marine Science & Technology”

 

 

...as Scientific Manager in Germany (02/2008 – 09/2013; selected activities)

  • Management of a scientific network comprising 15 institutes at 5 faculties of the University of Jena and the University Clinic Jena, 6 non-university research institutions (including Max Planck, Leibniz, Fraunhofer, and Helmholtz institutes), and 12 biotech industry partners (www.jsmc.uni-jena.de)
  • Establishment of a PhD Training Program and a Doctoral Researcher Community for 150+ doctoral researchers and an umbrella organization for a Leibniz Research School, a Max Planck Research School, and a DFG Research Training Group
  • Organization of a broad range of scientific events (symposia, workshops, graduate school retreats, seminar series, board meetings); support of the international Doctoral Researcher Conference MiCom (www.micom.uni-jena.de)
  • International marketing resulting in ~ 9,000 applications from young scientists from over 100 countries to the Graduate School ‘JSMC’
  • Coordination of major funding proposals:
    • Renewal proposal for the Graduate School ‘JSMC’ within the German Excellence Initiative (awarded funding: ~ € 9 million)
    • Funding proposal for the Collaborative Research Center – Transregio ‘FungiNet’ (www.funginet.de; awarded funding: ~ € 9 million)
  • Budget planning & control (total budget between 2008-2013: ~ € 8.6 million)
  • Courses on career opportunities held (e.g. postdoc funding; alternative options to a university career)
  • User representation in planning meetings for the construction and furnishing of a Graduate School building (laboratories & offices); acquisition of research instrumentation
  • Member of a faculty commission for revisions of the doctoral regulations
  • Selected scientific event participations:
    • Meeting of the Excellence Graduate School and Excellence Cluster Speakers, German Research Foundation (DFG), October 2009, Bonn
    • Workshop on ‘Quality Criteria for Equal Opportunity Concepts in the Excellence Initiative”, Center for Globalization & Governance, October 2019, Bonn
    • Workshop “Exploring the Difference – The Challenge of (Post)graduate Education”, International Dialogue on Education (id-e), October 2008, Berlin

 

 

...as Postdoctoral Research Associate in the United States (10/2004-10/2007; selected activities)

  • Feodor Lynen Fellowship research stay awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the postdoctoral project 'Culturing the uncultivable – new approaches to sponge-microbe symbioses'
  • Collaborative research together with the University of Guam Marine Laboratory, USA, the Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Germany, and the Cancer Research Center Hawaii, USA
  • Peer reviewer for the scientific journals Marine Biotechnology, Oecologia, and Biofouling 
  • Reviewer for the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
  • Selected scientific event participations:
    • Network Meeting for the Awardees of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, November 2007, Gießen, Germany
    • Annual Meeting of the German Academic International Network (GAIN) September 2007, San Francisco, USA
    • 7th International Sponge Symposium, Rio de Janeiro/Buzios, Brazil, May 2006 (oral presentation)
    • Workshop “Fit for Germany”, German Scholars Organization (GSO), March 2006, San Francisco
    • Gordon Research Conference for Marine Natural Products, Los Angeles, USA, February 2006, (poster presentation)
    • Interdisciplinary Biomedical Seminar, University of Guam, USA, January 2005 (guest speaker)
  • Lectures and literature seminars on the topics “Marine Ecology” and “Sponge-Microbe Interactions” at the University of Guam, USA
  • Tutorial of three undergraduate students and a M.Sc. student in chemoanalytical and microbiological techniques at the Marine Laboratory, University of Guam, USA

 
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