Dr. Monika Hediger Niessen
Dr. Monika Hediger Niessen
Y11-J-18
+41 44 635 31 17
Biography
Monika studied Biology at the University of Zurich and graduated in 1991. She did her PhD in the group of Prof. Andreas Dübendorfer on sex determination in house flies. Already during her thesis she became interested in teaching and was engaged as teaching assistant in several courses. In 2006 she joined the group of Prof. Konrad Basler as senior research assistant, lecturer and organizer of the practical courses in the Module Bio111/117 “Classical and Molecular Genetics”. In 2020 she completed the CAS in University Didactics (Hochschuldidaktik).
| Curriculum vitae | |||
| 2017 - 2020 | CAS Hochschuldidaktik, University of Zurich | ||
| Since January 2006 | Senior Research Assistant and Lecturer, Dept. of Molecular Life Sciences (DMLS), Group of Prof. Konrad Basler, University of Zürich | ||
| 2004 - 2005 | Oberassistentin in the Dept. of Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Zoology, University of Zürich | ||
| 1998 - 2003 | Research fellow (Postdoc) in the Dept. of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Zürich with Prof. Andreas Dübendorfer, Prof. Dr. Rolf Nöthiger and Dr. Daniel Bopp | ||
| 1992 - 1998 | Ph.D. studies in Evolutionary Genetics, Dept. of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Zürich | Thesis title: “Sex and chromosomes in the housefly“. | Advisors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Dübendorfer and Prof. Dr. Rolf Nöthiger |
| 1990 - 1991 | Master studies in Cytology, Zoological Institute, University of Zurich | Thesis title: “Männliche Fertilität bei Drosophila subobscura in Abhängigkeit von verschiedenen Strukturtypenkombinationen“. | Advisor: PD Dr. Elisabeth Jungen-Hauschteck. |
| 1986 - 1990 | Studies in Biology at the University of Zürich | ||
| Teaching experiences at UZH | |||
| Since 2006: | Lecturer in the Module BIO111/117 «Molecular and Classical Genetics», MNF, University of Zurich | ||
| 2006: | Lecturer, Mantelstudium Biomedizinische Wissenschaften III (MAS4170), MEF, University of Zürich | ||
| 2005 - 2008 | Lecturer „Spezialvorlesung: „Mechanisms of sex determination“ (BIO346) | ||
| 1996 - 2005 | Teaching Assistant in Modul BIO323 «Modern Genetics and Genomics», Insitute of Zoology, University of Zurich | ||
| 1992 - 2005 | Teaching Assistant and Co-Organizer in Genetic courses (Biologie II), Insitute of Zoology, University of Zurich | ||
| 1991 - 1996 | Teaching Assistant in Cytology courses, Insitute of Zoology, University of Zurich |