Curriculum vitae

Main Research Areas
  • Mathematical modeling of microbial dynamics and host-pathogen interactions
  • Computational stochastic simulations of fungal infection scenarios
  • Mechanisms of the innate immunity in the lung
Professional Career
since 2024 Research associate in the group Applied Systems Biology at the Leibniz-HKI Jena
2020 - 2024 PhD student in the group Applied Systems Biology at the Leibniz-HKI Jena
2019 M.Sc. in Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2019 Semester abroad at the University of Valencia
2017 B.Sc. in Mathematics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2016/17 Semester abroad at the Charles University Prague

Publications

Saffer C, Timme S, Rudolph P, Figge MT# (2023) Surrogate infection model predicts optimal alveolar macrophage number for clearance of Aspergillus fumigatus infections. NPJ Syst Biol Appl 9, 12.
Hoang TNM*, Cseresnyés Z*, Hartung S*, Blickensdorf M, Saffer C, Rennert K, Mosig AS, von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Figge MT (2022) Invasive aspergillosis-on-chip: A quantitative treatment study of human Aspergillus fumigatus infection. Biomaterials 283, 121420.