Biography

After completion of my MD studies, I began working as a resident in the department of Neurosurgery at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany under guidance of Prof. Volker Seifert. During my residency and my recent research I became interested in the interaction between coagulation factors and tumour cells. Driven by the idea of interdisciplinary approaches to develop novel treatment strategies, I am honoured to be starting my PhD project in the laboratory of Dr. Stefano Pluchino in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences with the generous support of the Gates Cambridge Trust. My research focuses on the interaction between neural stem cells and the immune system. In the future, I want to combine my passion for clinical and experimental research to improve the treatment of patients as a surgeon-scientist.