Dr. Despina Tsortouktzidis - Curriculum Vitae
Education and Professional Career
since 2023: Postdoctoral research, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn & University Hospital of Cologne Germany
2018 - 2023: Doctoral thesis, Prof. Dr. Albert Becker, Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty, Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2018 - 2023: PhD candidate, Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB), Germany
2017 - 2018: Master thesis, Prof. Dr. Jörn Oliver Sass, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of applied sciences, Germany
2017 - 2018: Research Assistant (wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft) at Bioanalytics and Biochemistry laboratory, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
2015 - 2018: Master in Biomedical Sciences, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of applied sciences, Germany
2015 - 2017: Student Assistant at Bioanalytics and Biochemistry laboratory, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
2014: Research Assistant. Laboratory of Viral Isolation. National Institute of Hygiene “Rafael Rangel”, Venezuela
2012 - 2013: Diploma thesis, Prof. Dr. Antonieta Porco Giambra, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela
2012: Internship, Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics B, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Venezuela
2007 - 2013: Diploma in Biology, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela
Awards, Distinctions and Scientific Activities
2022: ILAE scholarship for attending the San Servolo Epilepsy summer academy, Venice, Italy
2019 - 2020: Member of the Society for Neurosciences (SfN), USA
2016: Scholarship from Studienstiftung der Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
2015: DAAD scholarship for attending the Lower Saxony International Summer Academy in Immunology (LISA), Hannover, Germany