Educational Background

Feb 2018-present	Institute of Neuropathology, Neurozentrum, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany: PhD student in the lab of Dr. Katrin Kierdorf
Jan 2017 - Sep 2017	University of Konstanz, Germany, Dept. of Neurobiology: Scientific assistant: Investigating the response dynamics of Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016	University of Konstanz, Germany, Dept. of Neurobiology: Master Thesis: “The effect of adaptation on the response dynamics and temporal resolution of olfactory receptor neurons in Drosophila melanogaster”
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015	Neurobiological research laboratories, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany: Student internship: “Unequal distributions – Influence of a cochleotomy on extracellular matrix and the synapsepopulation in the auditory brain stem of the rat”
Apr 2013 - Jul 2013	University of Konstanz, Germany, Dept. of Neurobiology: Bachelor Thesis: ”Influence of Odor stimulus duration on the post-odor response of Kenyon Cells in Drosophila melanogaster revealed by in-vivo calcium imaging”
Aug 2012 – Oct 2012	University of Konstanz, Germany, Dept. of Neurobiology: Scientific assistant: ”Composition of agarose substrate affects behavioral output of Drosphila larvae” Methods: larvae choice assay, feeding assay

Publications

• A. A. Apostopoulou, F. Hersperger, L. Mazija, A. Widmann, A. Wüst, A. S. Thum (2014) Composition of agarose substrate affects behavioral output of Drosophila larvae. Front. Behav. Neuroscience, 8: 11.
• H. K. Chan, F. Hersperger, E. Marachlian, B. H. Smith, F. Locatelli, P. Szyszka, T. Nowotny (2018) Odorant mixtures elicit less variable and faster responses than pure odorants. PLOS Computational Biology, 14(12): e1006536.