I'm a university professor & academic strategist all about REAL students' wins.
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As A University Professor
My mission is to explain ACADEMIA'S UNSPOKEN RULES to anyone who needs them.
I am on your team!
I am an academic strategist. I am firmly convinced that careers can be planned - to a great extent. But if you don't know the rules, you can't play the game. You've practically already lost before the cards are dealt.
I still remember the day when I said shortly after my doctorate that there was no professorship for me, I would have to bake it myself first. So I did. And if I could do it (as a woman AND non-physician at a Medical Faculty) YOU CAN, TOO.
I'M ALL ABOUT
PASSIONATE people.
courage & Kindness.
Full inclusiveness.
And that includes you. With a zeal for academic achievement, I am here to guide you towards success, celebrating every milestone on your journey.
My approach is built on courage to explore new ideas and the kindness to support each other's academic journeys. Empowerment through knowledge.
By equipping every students with the tools necessary for effective research and thesis writing, we open doors to endless possibilities.
Communication is not the Key
"You can communicate all you want, but if students don't understand - it's silent chaos.
Communication is not the key, comprehension is."
— UNKNOWN
Worked in a hospital in the delivery room and later also in my own practice. I have helped hundreds of children into the world and cared for women before and after birth. That was an amazing time!
2001 - 2012
Completed vocational training, had my Midwifery exam at the age of 23 (after high school I had been put forward for a scholarship, but was initially very reluctant to go to university).
2001
Decided to go to university after all. Completed my Bachelor's degree in Midwifery at Glasgow Caledonian University (as a complement to my degree in Germany). First in my family with a university degree.
2010
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Transfer to the University Hospital RWTH Aachen (Department for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery). Here, as research coordinator, I coordinated a new clinical study team and various RCTs. Started working on my first academic papers, had my first thoughts about a doctorate.
End of 2012
Then added the Master's degree straight away. Completion of the European Master in Midwifery at Hannover Medical School, Academie Verloskunde Maastricht, Glasgow Caledonian University, HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale and the University of Ljubljana.
2010 - 2012
Birth of baby no. 1.
2013
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Birth of baby no. 2 (this time 8 months maternity leave).
Published two papers as first author between 2012 and 2015. I am not saying that this was easy. But science and writing have always been a counterbalance "for my head" during this phase of my life.
2015
Returned to work after 1 year maternity leave. I worked continuously whenever I had the time on my two publications for my doctorate. Both were topics that enabled me to collect data from any location - this was the only way I could do this parallel to maternity leave.
2014
Oral defense of doctoral thesis, doctorate as Dr. rer. medic. At the time I was 37 years old. On that day I was very nervous as a non-physician doing a doctorate at a medical faculty.
2016
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New additional position: Head of Academics, Innovation Center for Digital Medicine, Medical Faculty University Hospital RWTH Aachen.
2019
Change to the Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care. Founding of my first own research group.
2018
Started my junior professorship in the first week of the first lockdown at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
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Appointed university professor (full professorship).
2022
Fulfillment of my tenure track criteria within one year.
2021
Started my Instagram account!
2023
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My career timeline
want to see a non-linear CV?
Best advice I ever got?
Write half a page a day.
Half a page a day will get you EVERYWHERE.
— PROF. BENSTOEM
Straight talks,
short emails,
helping you find
your superpower, avoider of unnecessary meetings.
what you need to know about me
Rock in the surf for my kids
Sailor by heart
there are ALWAYS at least 3 solutions for every problem
I am a firm believer in karma
Life without pets is possible, but much less fun
what is not in the cv
EXPLORE SERVICES
STRATEGIC THESIS & PAPER WRITING
If you take one thing from me, it's that it's never too late to follow your dreams, never too late to re-invent yourself. I'm the best example of this myself! A career can be planned, and I'll show you how.