PhD Sonja Aits
Biological and related sciences, cell biology, molecular biology, biomedicine
PD Dr. Cornelia Silaghi
Nominated by
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- AcademiaNet member since 10.05.2017
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Biological and related sciences, Veterinary
Area of specialisation
Veterinary Parasitology, Entomology, Vector-borne pathogens, Molecular biology
Research interests
Vector competence, Vector capacity, host preference, Ticks
Mosquitoes, Dirofilaria, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Genotyping, Host-pathogen interactions
Distinctions and Awards
Award by the Academy for Animal Health (AfT) 2013 for outstanding scientific achievements in Veterinary Parasitology, 2013
Best thesis award by the „Alumni d. Münchner Tierärztl. Fakultät e.V.“, 2008
Interested in
- Lectures, Membership in scientific bodies, Refereeing
Languages
English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
Doctorate
- 2008: Prevalence and genetic analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Spotted Fever Group rickettsiae in the tick Ixodes ricinus in urban and periurban sites in southern Germany
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2012: Studies on the epidemiology of tick-borne infectious agents
Short CV/Education and training
Education
- 2014University of Zurich, Switzerland: Venia legendi in parasitology
- 2012European Veterinary Parasitology College: Board examination and Diplomate (DipEVPC) in November 2012, Veterinary specialist in parasitology (Examination by the Bavarian Chamber of Veterinarians October 2012), LMU Munich, Germany: Venia legendi and Facultas docendi in parasitology
- 2009 – 2012LMU Munich, Germany: Habilitation thesis "Studies on the epidemiology of tick-borne infectious agents" at the Chair of Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
- 2006 – 2008LMU Munich, Germany: Doctoral thesis (Dr. med. vet.) at the Chair of Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology: “Prevalence and genetic analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Spotted Fever Group rickettsiae in the tick Ixodes ricinus in urban and periurban sites in southern Germany"
- 2006Veterinary approbation
- 2000 – 2006Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Germany: Veterinary studies
- 2002 – 2003Veterinary studies at the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes, France, in the framework of the ERASMUS exchange program
Work experience
Since July 2017: Head of Institute of Infectology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Greifswald Isle of Riems, Germany
- 2014- 2017 Senior Scientist, National Center for Vector Entomology, Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Vector competence studies with indigionous and invasive mosquito species on e.g. Dirofilaria spp. and West Nile virus; Next generation sequencing (genomics, transcriptomics); host preference studies in field and laboratory; Identification of arthropods of medical or veterinary significance by molecular methods; Bionomics of arthropod vectors; Undergraduate lectures to veterinary and biology students, Supervision of master thesis and doctoral thesis
- 2008 – 2014Scientific staff, Chair of Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, LMU Munich, Germany, Group leader “Molecular parasitology” and “Molecular Diagnostics”, Quality management officer (DIN EN ISO 9001:2008); Epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne bacterial and protozoan pathogens; Genotyping of tick-borne pathogens; Travel-diseases of dogs; host-vector-pathogen interactions; Undergraduate lectures to veterinary students, Supervision of master thesis and doctoral thesis
- 2006 – 2008Veterinary assistant (part time) in a small animal practice in Southern Germany
Selected publications
Additional qualifications
European Veterinary Parasitology College: Board examination and Diplomate (DipEVPC), 2012
Veterinary specialist in parasitology (Examination by the Bavarian Chamber of Veterinarians), 2012
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