BRIEF RESUME

Kerstin Blank
e-mail: K.Blank@science.ru.nl

Last update May 31, 2010

WORKING EXPERIENCE

from 01/2009

VIDI research fellow (tenure track)
Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen/The Netherlands

12/2007-12/2008

PostDoc with Prof. Dr. Johan Hofkens
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Molecular and Nanomaterials, Leuven/Belgium

01/2007-11/2007

PostDoc with Prof. Dr. Andrew D. Griffiths
Universitè de Strasbourg, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Biologie Chimique, Strasbourg/France

10/2003-12/2006

Group leader and project manager „Protein Biochips“
nanotype GmbH, Munich/Germany

09/1999-01/2001

Diploma thesis with Prof. Dr. Andreas Plückthun
University of Zurich, Institute for Biochemistry, Zurich/Switzerland

EDUCATION

10/2003- 10/2006

PhD in Physics
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich/Germany

09/1996 - 01/2001

Diploma in Biotechnology
University of Applied Sciences, Jena/Germany

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

Young Investigator Grant from the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) “Nanoelectronic biosensors: novel tools to watch individual enzymes at work” (together with Dr. Ethan Minot, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA)

Grant from the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) “Single Molecule Mechanobiochemistry”

VIDI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) “Single molecule enzymology“

Long-term fellowship from the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) “Analysis of the evolution of enzyme conformations during directed in vitro evolution”

Long-term fellowship from the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) “Use of microfluidics to evolve new enzymes: creation of biocatalysts optimised for biofuel cells and biosensors”

Fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the preparation of the diploma thesis