„Design and application of integrated 2D/3D culture platforms to study the mechanoregulation of cellular co-culture systems“ • scientific guidance and mentoring of qualified scientific staff (co-mentoring of 4 PhD theses, supervision of 2 MSc theses, 3 semester projects) • initiation and management of collaborative projects with international partners • independent application for scientific funding (SNF, HFSP, ERC) • contribution to several scientific boards • evaluation and maintenance of laboratory equipment • lab specialist for microscopy, data analysis and biofunctionalization • coordination and teaching of BSc / MSc lectures and seminars

„Force sensing and remodeling of cell-cell junctions in multicellular epithelial tissues“ • independent interdisciplinary research within a collaboration of 5 laboratories • design and fabrication of advanced in vitro cell 2D/3D model systems with defined physicochemical properties (stiffness, topography, application of mechanical strain) • scientific guidance of undergraduate research projects (co-mentoring of 3 PhD theses, 2 semester projects) • contribution to scientific grant applications (HFSP, NSF, NIH) • reviewer for several scientific journals and organisation of scientific meetings

„Mechanobiology of macrophage bacterial phagocytosis“ • conduct of interdisciplinary research projects within the framework of the newly established D-HEST department • co-mentoring of 2 PhD theses, 2 MSc theses, 1 semester project) • initiation and management of scientific collaborations within ETH Zurich • planning and coordination of biosafety laboratory, safety level 2 • teaching of BSc / MSc courses

Dissertation, Dr. sc. ETH: „Physiological implications of force-activated bacterial catch bonds on the adhesion to engineered surfaces and the uptake by macrophages“ • independent scientific project work and publishing of results in recognized journals • project management of industrial collaboration with CIBA / BASF Basel • supervision of 5 MSc thesis and departmental seminar in materials science • nominated for ETH Medal for outstanding PhD thesis

MSc thesis: „Side-wall functionalization of carbon nanotubes with DNA as platform for nanotube manipulation and labelling“ • supervised scientific project work • best Master thesis award 2005, BIOTEC TU Dresden

„FTIR spectroscopy monitoring of the SiO2 TEOS-ozone-CVD coating process“ • assistance within an industrial collaboration with AMD Dresden • development of a lab scale CVD reactor