01/2023 – now
Postdoctoral Researcher, Eawag
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Curriculum Vitae
Silke Probst
More than a decade of experience in six different academic institutions has taught me valuable lessons in science, project management, prioritizing, and logical thinking.
Professional Experience
03/2017 – 03/2022
PhD student, ETH Zürich, Institute for Microbiology
Group of Jörn Piel · Zürich, Switzerland
- Member of the National Research Program NRP72 “Antimicrobial Resistance”
- Isolation and structure elucidation of bioactive natural products
08/2015 – 10/2015
Assistant, Institute for Marine Biology (IfMB)
Isola del Giglio, Italy
Guidance of students and school children: theoretical presentations, snorkel trips, identification courses, sampling of marine animals and plankton.
04/2015 – 07/2015
Student assistant, University of Greifswald, Competence Center Functional Genomics
Group of Falko Hochgräfe · Greifswald, Germany
Research in pathoproteomics: effect of reactive oxygen species on the proteome of HeLa cells.
11/2013 – 05/2014
Divemaster, Dive North
Kerikeri, New Zealand
09/2013 – 10/2013
Student assistant, Eberhard Karls University, Institute for Ecology and Evolution
Group of Nico Michiels · Tübingen, Germany
11/2012 – 03/2013
Semester abroad, Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
Six weeks internship at the department for DNA damage.
07/2010 – 09/2010
Divemaster, Treasure Divers
Boca Chica, Dominican Republic
Education
10/2014 – 06/2017
Master in Molecular Biology and Physiology
University of Greifswald, Germany · Grade: 1.2 “excellent”
External Master thesis at ETH Zürich, Institute of Microbiology, group of Jörn Piel.
10/2010 – 09/2013
Bachelor in Biochemistry
Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany