Curriculum Vitae

Name: Auweter
First name: Sigrid Dagmar
Date / Place of birth: 01.05.1979, Oakland, California, USA
Nationality: German, American

School:

08/85 – 07/89: Elementary school Limburgerhof, Germany

08/89 – 06/98: High School “Geschwister Scholl Gymnasium” in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

06/98: Abitur

07/95 – 01/96: Exchange student at Burlingame High School, Burlingame, California, USA

University:

10/98 – 09/99: Study of Biology at “Albert-Ludwigs-Universität” in Freiburg, Germany

09/00: Vordiplom (first degree) in Biology

10/00 – 04/03: Study of Biology at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich

01/02 – 07/02: Diploma Thesis, Institute for Plant Sciences ETH Zurich, group of Prof. N. Amrhein: “The Role of Histidine 17 and 106 in Neurospora crassa Chorismate Synthase.”

04/03: Diploma in Biology at the ETH Zurich with exams in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology / Biophysics, Bioorganic Chemistry, Genetics, and Physical Chemistry

since 08/03: PhD student, Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics ETH Zurich, group of Prof. Frédéric Allain

Scientific Jobs besides the Studies:

10/99 – 02/00: Supervisor of a Chemistry tutorial for first semester Biology students at the University of Freiburg

03/00: Assistant at the Department of Developmental Biology of the University of Freiburg in the group of Prof. Driever

04/02 – 07/02 and 04/03 - 07/03: Scientific employee at the Department for Plant Sciences at the ETH Zurich in the group of Prof. N. Amrhein

Scholarships:

Scholar of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”

Scholar of the SAP program for the promotion of studies abroad

Member of the PhD Program for Molecular Life Sciences, Zurich

Languages:

German (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (good), Italian (basics)

Interests in leisure time

Sports (swimming, biking, hiking, skiing), Arts, Theater, Music, Cinema