DrSonja Billerbeck
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering - Faculty of Engineering
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- Associate ProfessorDepartment of Bioengineering - Faculty of Engineering
BIO
Sonja holds a Master's in Microbiology/Biochemistry from the University of Tübingen, Germany, and a PhD in Bioengineering from ETH Zürich, Switzerland. After postdoctoral work in yeast Synthetic Biology at Columbia University in New York City, USA, Sonja joined the University of Groningen in the Netherlands as Assistant Professor in 2019. There, she was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2024. Sonja joined the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London as a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in January 2025.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands1 Jun 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands1 May 2019 - 31 May 2025
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Editor in Chief, OUP Synthetic BiologyOxford University Press (United Kingdom), Oxford, United Kingdom1 Jan 2024 - present
DEGREES
- PhDETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland1 Jan 2008 - 1 Mar 2013
- MSc BiologyUniversity of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany1 Oct 2005 - 1 May 2007
- Master History of ScienceUniversity of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany1 Oct 2006 - 1 Jun 2008
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral ResearchColumbia University, Chemistry, New York, United States1 May 2013 - 28 Feb 2019Yeast Synthetic BiologyPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Cornish VW
LANGUAGES
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Dutch; FlemishCan read, speak and understand
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Associate Professor