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Kerstin Lenhof

PostDoc @ ETH Zürich

Education:

October 2018 - July 2024

Dr. rer. nat. (excellent/summa cum laude) @ Saarland University / Saarland Informatics Campus / Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science / Center for Bioinformatics (CBI)
Thesis: "Machine learning-based anti-cancer drug treatment optimazation"
Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lenhof

March 2016 – October 2018

Master Computational Molecular Biology @ Saarland University (grade 1.0)
Thesis: "Logic Models for Drug Sensitivity Prediction"
Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lenhof

October 2013 – March 2016

Bachelor Computational Molecular Biology @ Saarland University (grade 1.5)
Thesis: "Multi-Omics Drug Sensitivity Prediction for Breast Cancer Cell Lines Using Elastic Net and Random Forests"
Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lenhof

2004 – 2012

High School (Abitur, grade 1.0)
Intensive Courses: Mathematics, German
Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Lebach

Work Experience:

since September 2024

PostDoctoral Researcher @ ETH Zürich
Hosted by: Prof. Dr. Niko Beerenwinkel

October 2018 - July 2024

Researcher @ Center for Bioinformatics (CBI) / Saarland University
Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lenhof

October 2015 – October 2018

Research Assistant @ Center for Bioinformatics (CBI) / Saarland University
Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lenhof