Funding

    • SNF sinergia grant “Illuminating the functions, cellular locations and regulation of inositol pyrophosphate nutrient messengers” 2022 – 2026
    • EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Philippe Rieu) (2024 – 2026)
    • SNF grant “Structural and functional investigation of plant membrane receptor kinases and their cytoplasmic signaling cascades” 2021 – 2025
    • ERC consolidator grant “System-wide discovery and analysis of inositol pyrophosphate signaling networks in plants.” 2019 – 2025
    • HHMI International Research Scholar Award 2017 – 2023
    • SNF grant “Plant membrane receptor kinase complexes and their connection to cytoplasmic signaling cascades” 2017 – 2021
    • SNF sinergia grant “Discovery and mechanistic dissection of novel signaling pathways controlling phosphate homeostasis in eukaryotes” 2017 – 2021
    • ERA CAPS grant “Activation and regulation of plasma membrane receptor signaling complexes controlling plant development and immunity, and their connection to downstream signaling cascades” 2018 – 2021
    • UNIGE – UZH seed funding with Martin Jinek, University of Zurich. 2019 – 2020
    • EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Martina Ried)
    • HFSP postdoctoral fellowship (to Satohiro Okuda)
    • ERC starting grant “Identity and functions of polyphosphate polymerases in eukaryotes” 2013 – 2017
    • EMBO young investigator award 2015 – 2017
    • SNF grant “Molecular mechanism for peptide hormone sensing by plant membrane receptor kinases” 2014 – 2017
    • EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Kelvin Lau) 2015 – 2017
    • EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Benjamin Brandt) 2015 – 2017
    • HFSP Career Development Award “The roles of small co-receptor kinases in initiating plant membrane signaling” 2012 – 2016
    • EMBO advanced postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago)  2016
    • EMBO longterm postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago) 2014 – 2016
    • DFG grant “Aktivierung von entwicklungssteuernden LRR-Rezeptorkinasen durch gemeinsame Korezeptorproteine” 2014
    • FEBS postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago) 2012 – 2014
    • Max Planck Research Group Leader position and core funding (2012 – 2014)
    • Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-Term fellowship, 2008 – 2011
    • EMBO Long-Term Fellowship, 2007 – 2008
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation (post-graduate), 2007
    • Fellow of the Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation (graduate), 2004 – 2006
    • Predoctoral Fellowship by the EMBL International PhD Programme (graduate), 2002 – 2004
    • German National Merit Foundation (undergraduate), 1998 – 2002