Metabolic phenotyping of heart failure cohort (working title)

FB 04: University Medical Center, Preventative Cardiology, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elisa Araldi

Poster dissertation project

Scientific career
Since 12/2022Research assistant (PhD candidate)
Project: Metabolic Phenotyping of heart failure cohort
Supervision: Prof. Dr Elisa Araldi
03/2022 – 11/2022Research assistant (Pre-PhD)
Project: Breath Biopsy bei NAFLD-Patienten
Supervision: Prof. Dr Agnieszka Smolinska
Institutions: Maastricht University
04/2021 – 01/2022Master’s thesis
Title: Improving the annotation of untargeted metabolomics data of the human gut microbiome
Supervision: Dr Michael Zimmermann
Institution: EMBL Heidelberg
10/2020 – 03/2021Master’s project
Title: Heuristic methods for treewidth approximation and their application to protein-protein interaction networks
Supervision: Prof. Dr Zoran Nikoloski
Institution: University of Potsdam
04/2019 – 07/2019Bachelor thesis
Title: Computer-assisted analysis of the gut microbiome and volatile metabolites in breath of IBS patients
Supervision: Prof. Dr Agnieszka Smolinska
Institution: Maastricht University
Scholarships & grants
2025Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
2023FLEX Alumni Professional Development Travel Grant
American Councils for International Education, USA
2023Travel grant for the ‘Women in Data Science’ conference
Zurich, Switzerland
2020–2022DAAD full scholarship for Master’s studies
Potsdam / Heidelberg, Germany
2014–2015FLEX full scholarship from the US Department of State
High School Exchange Year, Ohio, USA
Presentations & conference contributions
2024Short Talk“Metabolism in Action – Time, Space and Treatment” Conference
Novo Nordisk Foundation Science Cluster, Dänemark
Conference on metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity with a focus on molecular mechanisms and age-related changes.
Travel grant received.

Short Talk“MOPRED Symposium – Algorithms and Applications for Multi-Modal Data Integration”
University Hospital Frankfurt
Talk on algorithms for multi-modal data integration and their application in biomedical research.

Flash Talk“AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare”
Cambridge Summer School (online)
Week of discussions on the role of AI and machine learning in medical innovation.

Short Talk“Spring School of the German Cardiac Society”
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Linking basic and clinical research in vascular biology and atherosclerosis.
Travel grant received.

Poster presentation“Frontiers in Cardiovascular Biomedicine” – ESC Congress
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Current research trends in cardiovascular biomedicine.
Travel grant received from FLEX Alumni Professional Development (USA).
2023Flash Talk“Women in Data Science” Conference
Zurich, Switzerland
International conference on empowering women in data science in various disciplines.
Travel grant received.