Ulrike is a Physicist, Optical Scientist & Data Scientist. She has over ten years of experience designing, building, and running advanced optical systems, analyzing (microscopy) data, and developing (image) acquisition & analysis workflows.
She studied Physics at the Technical University in Munich and did her master's studies in the laboratory of Wolfgang Baumeister in Martinsried/Munich on correlative cryo-FM/EM microscopy at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, designing hardware and software tools for the workflow. Afterward, she joined Stefan Hell's laboratory in Goettingen at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. There, her Ph.D. studies were focused on applied optics and tool development, combining two advanced light microscope technologies (4Pi-RESOLFT nanoscopy). After her Ph.D. in Physics, she joined the NIH/NCI in Bethesda as a postdoctoral fellow to develop and combine imaging and bio-molecular techniques to understand how gene expression works (single-molecule imaging, transcription imaging).
From 2019 onward, she worked as a research specialist at the HHMI Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. There, she built and modified advanced optical systems (iPALM, Lattice Light Sheet Microscope, SiMView Light Sheet Microscope, Aberration Corrected Multifocal Microscope, MOSAIC, etc.), consulted and assisted (inter)national visitors with their imaging sessions at pre-commercial microscopes of Janelia's Advanced Imaging Center and other systems on campus and their respective data management and analysis workflows, organized and taught imaging/microscopy workshops and further developed/implemented image/data analysis strategies for users from around the world.
Since 2022, she has worked as an optical scientist and project lead at the Carl Zeiss AG in Oberkochen, Germany. Here, she is part of the Corporate Research & Technology team working on the latest optical trends for imaging, microscopy, and optical metrology.
Furthermore, she is a huge advocate for open science/education and women/diversity in science.
Germany