Kristina Kühn

Born: August 27, 1974; Stollberg, Germany

Employment:

Aug. 2005 - present,

2002 - 2004

Research Associate,

Institut für Biologie/Genetik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (Collaborative Research Centre "Molecular Physiology, Energetics, and Regulation of Primary Metabolism in Plants" – SFB429)

Adviser: Professor Dr. Thomas Börner

Aug. - Dec. 2001

Research Associate,

Institut für Biologie/Genetik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

1998 - 2000

Student Assistant,

Institut für Biologie/Genetik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Education:

2002 - present

Doctoral studies

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Doctoral Thesis: Analysis of Components of the Transcription Machinery in Arabidopsis Mitochondria

Thesis supervisor: Professor Dr. Thomas Börner

2001

Diploma in Biology (Grade 1.0),

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Diploma Thesis: Phage-related transcription systems of Arabidopsis thaliana:

Functional characterization of recombinant components.

1998/1999

Biochemistry studies,

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

Research Project: Isolation and characterisation of PSII-LHCII

supercomplexes from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

1995 - 2001

Biology studies,

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Advanced courses in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Microbiology

1994 - 1995

Academic Year at the EF London School of English, London, UK

Certificate: Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (Grade A)

1990 - 1994

High school in Berlin

1981 - 1990

Primary school in Berlin

Scholarships/Awards:

Ph.D. scholarship by the „Berliner Programm zur Förderung der Chancengleichheit für Frauen in Forschung und Lehre“ (January 2005 - July 2005)

Scholarship awarded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (February 1998 - June 2001)

Research grant awarded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes for a short-term research project at Yale University (Chemistry Dept.), New Haven/CT, USA (May 1999)

SOKRATES studentship (October 1998 - March 1999)

Studentship by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes for biochemistry studies at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK (October 1998 - March 1999)

Berlin, 30. November 2005